Category: Ivory Coast

The Jeep showing the scale of the whole basilica

The Basilica of Yamoussoukro

Many Presidents in Africa get a bad rap. Corruption, blatant lying and stealing, and holding onto power for as long as possible, legally or not. They are often not the nicest people in the...

Camping beach side at Chez Jojo 6

Ivory Coast… Coast

No visit to Ivory Coast would be complete without a visit to, well, The Coast ! I have not seen the ocean since a trip to an island off Conakry, Guinea, and I’m very...

Heading South. This road will get interesting 12

Ivory Coast Begins

I move South, hugging the West Coast of Ivory Coast, first bordering Guinea, and later Liberia. These borders have only recently re-opened after the Ebola outbreak from about six months prior. At Odiénné I...