Sunday, our port of call was Abidjan, Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire).
We had no excursions booked for this port and decided to just stay on the ship. Since it was a Sunday, almost everything on shore was closed. There is not a big tourism infrastructure here. They offered a shuttle to a location that had a craft market but not much toi see an the way there. There was no infrastructure at the pier we used. It was brand new and had only been in use a couple of week. No buildings had been built yet.
The views accords the waterway we sailed in through were interesting. Fisting villages with a variety of small fishing boats werevery photogenic. There were also numerous sea birds flying around and diving for fish.
It was a hot day (89 F) with very high humidity (feel like 113 F)
First lights of the city
Where we were.
Map of the city. We entered the harbor through the channel at the bottom of the map and the wharf is in the left of the word Marcory
Petrochemical refinery here
The entrance to the channel that takes us in to the harbor.
To the left of the entrance to the channel
Fishing boats
Entering the channel
Black Kite birds were here also
The fishing villages on the undeveloped park land on the other shore of the harbor
A friend also out front taking pictures during thwe sail-in
The start of sunrise
A tug waiting to escort us into the harbor
The new pier where we will dock
The Captain at the controls
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The Captain (left), Harbor pilot and Staff Captain (2ndin command)
many other cargo ships in port
Excursion and shuttle busses all lined up and waiting.
A power generation plant
A floating power plant.
Shuttle bus taking on passengers
Kathy and I took a walk on the pier so we an say we have had feet on the grount in the Ivory Coast.
local police taking pictures of our ship
This one taking a selfie.
Tug boats
Sic carge ships in a row at thsi long wharf.
The area where the fishing villages were.
A couple of Royal Terns flying low over the water.
I caught the splash of where one it dove into the
water.
Vegetation in the park area across the harbor
I caught this Tern diving
A Little Egret.
Another Royal Tern diving
We have pulled away from the pier.
Tug waiting to escort us out
Another Sail-Away party
Kathy joining the crowd at the rail
Abidjan in our wake.
Fishing boats
A fishing village.
Good-bye Abidjan.
Sailing out the channel
Along the coastline.
Perhaps Sunday dinner being cooked.
Pilot boat following us out to pick up the harbor pilot once we are out in the sea
Could be believe how may satellite dishes there were in the neighborhood
A beach just outside the channel entrance.
Launching a boat into the sea
Just a bright spot in tonight's sunset
The city skyline in the distrance
A bit of pink to end the sunset
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