First view of Abidjan

A Yango taxi picked me up from the Airport. Yangon uses a hailing app similar to Bolt & Uber and I was able to register my Nigerian Naira card on it making it very convenient to use and I wouldn't have any language barrier explaining where I want to go to the taxi driver.

Abidjan appears to have very good wide roads, road infrastructure is as good as what we have in state capitals in Nigeria. The drive to the hotel was smooth with occasional stops at traffic lights. Within 25mins we were at my hotel.

Checkin was smooth although I had to scan a QR code to fill the guest form, this requires access to the internet, what would have happened if I hadn't bought an Orage Sim and data at the airport. The room was small compared to my Monrovia hotel room but at least it had a room safe. The hotel is located in the Plateau area which is the central business district of Abidjan.

For lunch I decided to go for swallow and loacetd a Nigerian restaurant called Delightful Naija Foods a walking distance from the hotel. I ordered Eba with Egusi soup. The restaurant is owned by a Nigerian woman from Delta state who was quite friendly. I also ordered Jollof rice with fish as take away for dinner.Read more