Dec 12, 2006 - Angola - Luanda

We arrived here yesterday and I have had a very good first impression of the City. We are staying at Tia Linda's house in the centre of Luanda. ... The house is lovely and in this blistering heat, the air con is a saviour! It is fairly safe to walk around on our own, just as long as we do not carry any valuables with us.We arrived here yesterday and I have had a very good first impression of the City. We are staying at Tia Linda's house in the centre of Luanda. ... The house is lovely and in this blistering heat, the air con is a saviour! It is fairly safe to walk around on our own, just as long as we do not carry any valuables with us....

Mar 4, 2005 - Pothole Mania Angolan Style Part 1.....

Thats what we have for ourselves in the lovley lovely town of Lubango in Southern Angola where we are gaining some respite from the sh1te potholed strewn road south from Luanda. ... We finally arrived in Luanda where we were to spend a few days while Chris repaired the truck after a spring had cracked from the constant battering the roads had given us. ... Luanda itself was a beautifully situated city with a natural harbour and a 3km long promenade,although there was the usual shanty towns on the outskirts. ...