mei 2019

Gabon, Around Libreville

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28 mei 2019
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- Dag 1
- dinsdag 28 mei 2019 om 11:41
- ☀️ 82 °F
- Hoogte: 85 ft
- Gabon Pointe Pira 0.375, 9.4550°22’30” N 9°27’18” E
Lynn Restaurant
28 mei 2019, Gabon ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F
Delicious Sharwma and Tabouleeh!
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- Dag 1
- dinsdag 28 mei 2019 om 14:21
- ☀️ 84 °F
- Hoogte: Zeeniveau
- Gabon Libreville 0.36667, 9.458330°22’0” N 9°27’30” E
Michel Marine
28 mei 2019, Gabon ⋅ ☀️ 84 °F
Launch spot for trip to Point Denis but not much of a real possibility on a weekday. Had to wake staff up just to find out the next boat leaves in 2hrs and that it would be impossible to return today.
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- Dag 1
- dinsdag 28 mei 2019 om 21:01
- ⛅ 82 °F
- Hoogte: 85 ft
- Gabon Pointe Pira 0.375, 9.4550°22’30” N 9°27’18” E
A Touti Frouti Photo Shoot
28 mei 2019, Gabon ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
One of the best crepes that I have ever had. So delicious it's malicious!
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- Dag 1
- dinsdag 28 mei 2019 om 21:33
- ⛅ 82 °F
- Hoogte: 85 ft
- Gabon Pointe Pira 0.375, 9.4550°22’30” N 9°27’18” E
Touti Frouti
28 mei 2019, Gabon ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
Good God Almighty.. A local spot not to be missed in Liberville.
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- Dag 1
- dinsdag 28 mei 2019 om 21:46
- 🌧 82 °F
- Hoogte: 79 ft
- Gabon Pointe Pira 0.38, 9.451670°22’48” N 9°27’6” E
Liberville Night Walk
28 mei 2019, Gabon ⋅ 🌧 82 °F
Perfect time for a walk with a nice sea breeze blowing on shore. Not many locals out and about maybe because they know there are a lot of sidewalk potholes.
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- Dag 1
- dinsdag 28 mei 2019 om 22:13
- 🌧 82 °F
- Hoogte: 20 ft
- Gabon Pointe Pira 0.38667, 9.443330°23’12” N 9°26’36” E
Waterfront Artworks
28 mei 2019, Gabon ⋅ 🌧 82 °F
Not sure what it is but seems like some dedication to the arts or theater. Those do look like comfortable shoes.. You can tell a lot about a person by the shoes they're wearing.
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- Dag 1
- dinsdag 28 mei 2019 om 22:29
- 🌧 82 °F
- Hoogte: 33 ft
- Gabon Libreville 0.39167, 9.440°23’30” N 9°26’24” E
Interesting Monument
28 mei 2019, Gabon ⋅ 🌧 82 °F
Located across street from Presidential Palace. Seems to be memorial to the end of slavery with an interesting concept. Did get chased away by Presidential security yelling from across the street. Shortly afterwards a military patrol unit just.. "happened" to drive by as I was leaving.Meer informatie
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- Dag 1
- dinsdag 28 mei 2019 om 23:17
- 🌧 82 °F
- Hoogte: 52 ft
- Gabon Pointe Pira 0.38167, 9.450°22’54” N 9°27’0” E
Edenia Hotel
28 mei 2019, Gabon ⋅ 🌧 82 °F
Cool Gabon artwork in Edenia Hotel lobby area.
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- Dag 2
- woensdag 29 mei 2019 om 08:26
- ☀️ 79 °F
- Hoogte: 85 ft
- Gabon Pointe Pira 0.375, 9.456670°22’30” N 9°27’24” E
Liberville Day Trip
29 mei 2019, Gabon ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
With little to see and do in Liberville and being unable to rent a car on my own, I hire a car and a driver for the day. The plan is to go to Akanda National Park which is only 13 miles away. Interestingly, no one I have talked to since arriving knows how to get there.Meer informatie
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- Dag 2
- woensdag 29 mei 2019 om 10:16
- ☀️ 81 °F
- Hoogte: 75 ft
- Gabon Nkonda 0.485, 9.406670°29’6” N 9°24’24” E
Grace's Home
29 mei 2019, Gabon ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
Ended up here in effort to go to Akanda National Park. Grace runs Monday Ecotour with tours to Akanda. However, she requires at least a day's notice. This was apparently not communicated to her by the company where I hired the car and driver from yesterday. In any event it is an expensive outing where somehow my desire got lost in translation.

In the end I got to visit inside a Gabon home of an apparently connected family. Gracie's mom is President of The Local Chamber of Commerce who has met Pope Paul and many local heavyweights. Her deceased father was a game hunter and their home still displays some of his hunting trophies.Meer informatie
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- Dag 2
- woensdag 29 mei 2019 om 10:39
- ☀️ 82 °F
- Hoogte: 72 ft
- Gabon Abaga 0.55167, 9.351670°33’6” N 9°21’6” E
Off Roading
29 mei 2019, Gabon ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F
With Akanda plan axed, Grace suggested a visit to a nearby village followed by a trip to a beach not too far from the village. It wasn't long before our car was going for a swim and the village visit axed. The gravel road soon became a mud crater that was way beyond the Kia's capability to navigate.Meer informatie
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- woensdag 29 mei 2019 om 10:44
- 81 °F
- Hoogte: 49 ft
- Gabon Abaga 0.55241, 9.347010°33’9” N 9°20’49” E
Out Of The Mud...
29 mei 2019, Gabon ⋅ 81 °F
An Off-Road adventure leads to a challenge and we get stuck in the mud.
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- Dag 2
- woensdag 29 mei 2019 om 11:21
- ⛅ 82 °F
- Hoogte: 121 ft
- Gabon Idokogo 0.57833, 9.3350°34’42” N 9°20’6” E
Raponda Walker Arboretum
29 mei 2019, Gabon ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
A treasure find that I spotted on our way to the beach. Free to enter with miles of nice hiking trails in a tropical rain forest. However, paying for a guide made the experience more educational and fun.Meer informatie
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- Dag 2
- woensdag 29 mei 2019 om 11:30
- ⛅ 82 °F
- Hoogte: 164 ft
- Gabon Idokogo 0.57667, 9.3350°34’36” N 9°20’6” E
Forest Mushrooms
29 mei 2019, Gabon ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
Did you know that mushrooms help trees to decay?
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- woensdag 29 mei 2019 om 11:35
- 82 °F
- Hoogte: 98 ft
- Gabon Idokogo 0.57895, 9.334980°34’44” N 9°20’6” E
Bois des Géants
29 mei 2019, Gabon ⋅ 82 °F
Beginning of a very cool hike through an arboretum.
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- Dag 2
- woensdag 29 mei 2019 om 11:49
- ⛅ 82 °F
- Hoogte: 180 ft
- Gabon Idokogo 0.575, 9.3350°34’30” N 9°20’6” E
The Elephant Pub
29 mei 2019, Gabon ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
The Ozigo tree is known as "The Elephant Pub" because elephants become drunk from eating it's bark. Smoking it's leaves produces the same effect as ganja (MJ).
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- woensdag 29 mei 2019 om 11:52
- ⛅ 82 °F
- Hoogte: 180 ft
- Gabon Idokogo 0.575, 9.3350°34’30” N 9°20’6” E
Gabonese Millipede
29 mei 2019, Gabon ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
Wonder if it's difficult for him to go shoe shopping?
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- woensdag 29 mei 2019 om 11:54
- ⛅ 82 °F
- Hoogte: 180 ft
- Gabon Idokogo 0.575, 9.3350°34’30” N 9°20’6” E
Okoume Tree
29 mei 2019, Gabon ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
This thousand plus year old tree has many using including producing sap that can be used and burned as a lantern.
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- woensdag 29 mei 2019 om 11:56
- 82 °F
- Hoogte: 197 ft
- Gabon Idokogo 0.57446, 9.3350°34’28” N 9°20’6” E
Looking For Payless..
29 mei 2019, Gabon ⋅ 82 °F
And hoping they have some BOGO Deals.. Nothing like having to buy 500 pairs of shoes.
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- woensdag 29 mei 2019 om 11:58
- 82 °F
- Hoogte: 171 ft
- Gabon Pointe Caléga 0.5725, 9.333310°34’21” N 9°19’60” E
Natural Lantern
29 mei 2019, Gabon ⋅ 82 °F
The sap from this tree can be used as natural source of fire and light.
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- woensdag 29 mei 2019 om 11:58
- ⛅ 82 °F
- Hoogte: 180 ft
- Gabon Idokogo 0.575, 9.3350°34’30” N 9°20’6” E
Rain Forest Natural Lantern
29 mei 2019, Gabon ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
Produced from the sap of the Okoume tree.
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- woensdag 29 mei 2019 om 12:00
- ⛅ 82 °F
- Hoogte: 161 ft
- Gabon Idokogo 0.575, 9.333330°34’30” N 9°19’60” E
Sand Covered Trails
29 mei 2019, Gabon ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
Interesting to see at first but not all that unusual as this is a coastal rainforest. We're only about 10km from the ocean.
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- woensdag 29 mei 2019 om 12:04
- ⛅ 82 °F
- Hoogte: 180 ft
- Gabon Pointe Caléga 0.57333, 9.333330°34’24” N 9°19’60” E
Newly Discovered
29 mei 2019, Gabon ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
This plant is endemic to Gabon. So recently discovered it has not yet been given a scientific name. There is a lot of hope that it will someday produce a cure for one of our many diseases.
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- woensdag 29 mei 2019 om 12:08
- ⛅ 82 °F
- Hoogte: 180 ft
- Gabon Pointe Caléga 0.57333, 9.333330°34’24” N 9°19’60” E
Natural Malarone
29 mei 2019, Gabon ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
Use to treat malaria by using bark to produce a beverage that is drunk 2-3 times a day.
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- woensdag 29 mei 2019 om 12:10
- ⛅ 82 °F
- Hoogte: 180 ft
- Gabon Pointe Caléga 0.57333, 9.333330°34’24” N 9°19’60” E
Azobe Tree
29 mei 2019, Gabon ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
Also known as "Red Ironwood" it produces a strong timber that can be used for heavy construction projects. It's bark can be used as a headache remedy.
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