Ok, I really had to think about this. Been awhile since I had to think about my past lol.
I started out in Douala - Cameroun. West Africa. Kribi which is never mentioned is about an hours drive from Douala, and is basically a beautiful resort like place, caters to the french mostly. Another really good place is Limbea, and the beaches and seafood there is awesome. You order some fish and prawns, and a little brown boy runs down and jumps in the ocean which you are sitting by drinking. He swims out to the nets and gets your order, comes back and another guy cooks it.
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Next was Malabo - Equatorial Guinee. On the island of Bioko. Always an interesting place to be, usually pretty safe and friendly. The only place I know of in africa where theres two 'streets' of real bush bars, with the next 'street' being of 9 chinese owned and run bars/restaurants. You think a white person stands out in Africa?
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Pointe Noire - Congo. Nice little place, lots of restaurants and LOTS of casinos run by south africans.
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Port Gentil and Libreville - Gabon. Ex French colony, still heavily influenced.
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accra - Ghana. REAL friendly and well organized country for africa. Muslim.
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Port Harcourt and Onne Port and Wourri - Nigeria. Incredible country, runs on corruption, and brutality, and tribal. I cannot stress how corrupt this country is. When we are taken anywhere, we go with armed guards. The staff houses when you are onshore are fortified and have guards everywhere. They consider themselves the rulers of africa. Ex British colony, they blame them for the state they are in now.
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Cabinda, Soyo, Malongo, Luanda, Lobito - Angola. Where I was these last few times before being in college now. Recently finished a long and bloody civil war, still some issues but not that bad. Some hotels we stay in when travelling are 1970's era hotels, the amazing part is that they are mint, as they were closed and boarded up during the civil war and left untouched. Think vinyl and flower patterns everywhere. Beer is cheap here, speaks portugese here as they are an ex colony. Most of the places here we work out of are self contained bases made by the oil companies.
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Abidjan - Ivory Coast. Most beautiful place in africa along with south africa. More natural beauty than south africa though. LOTS of french nationals living there. I was there 5-6 years ago when they had the first major uprising in decades when they sent in the french foreign legion and their paratroopers. Luckily we were in a french run shipyard with lots of french nationals so a few Amoured Personnel Carriers came and made their presence known, we heard gunfire all weekend. Then monday it went away and the work in the shipyard carried on as if normal...
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Capetown, Mussel Bay - South Africa. The only place in africa I actually consider living in. Same standards as here, well for those that work for it. I have many south african friends from there, incredible country. The veiw from table mountain is second to none. Stand up there and you can see two oceans and one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
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Mauritania. Lots of bug infestations here, completely muslim. I hated this country.
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China.
Singapore.
Hong Kong
Australia.
Ivory Coast.
Brasil
UK
Norway
France
Portugal
Rome
Few others but I cant think of them right now. Ill add them as I remember.