GabonMapJuly 11–13, 2013 Fasten your seatbelts. ![]() The Gabonese digger is always accompanied by the name of the company carrying out the roadwork. ![]() A license plate. ![]() The parrot in the postal service logo is snatching the L out of the article. ![]() Life in the villages is tranquil and worry-free. ![]() The people are sated and content. ![]() Working TV? Check. ![]() Living room furniture set? Check. ![]() What else do you need to be happy? LibrevilleMapOne third of the country’s population lives in the capital (just like in Latvia). ![]() The city’s main street is lined with space-age (by African standards) government buildings. ![]() In what other African country would you find a Russian embassy that looks like a world’s fair pavilion? ![]() In what other African country do apartment buildings try to outdo one another in terms of beauty? ![]() What other African country has wheelchair ramps? ![]() Where else in Africa would you see traffic signs mirrored on the pavement? ![]() All the share taxis—the main form of public transportation in the city—have taxi numbers on the driver’s door. ![]() One of the downtown hotels has a «taxi needed» sign outside (like in Kuala Lumpur). The concierge presses a button, the sign lights up, a passing taxi sees it and heads towards the hotel entrance. ![]() A beautiful view. ![]() A new French traffic light. ![]() A gorgeous old French traffic light. ![]() A bus stop. ![]() Payphones. ![]() A street sign. ![]() An illuminated signpost with directions to nearby businesses. ![]() An outdoor advertising structure with a triangular trash can. ![]() A regular city trash can. ![]() An old fire hydrant. ![]() A new fire hydrant. ![]() Bollards protecting the sidewalk. ![]() A manhole cover installed over an irrigation ditch as some sort of joke. ![]() And the icing on the cake: trash dumpsters. ![]() * * * Gabon is doubly lucky. First of all, it has oil. Second of all, the local dictator has actually made the country a fairly nice place to live, instead of not giving a damn about his people like African dictators are supposed to. ![]() |
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