Port Gentil | Gabon | City Gallery

[Matthias Offodile]

I would like to present some pictures from Port Gentil and its environs in Gabon. I do hope you like them
Port Gentil (which means "Friendly Port") is Gabon´s second biggest town. It is not really "big" because it only has 90 000 inhabitants and it dwarfs in the shadow of Libreville which has more than 550 000 inhabitants and is the capital of Gabon (but I won´t present Libreville in this thread). I hope that all the photos will show up in the right place....and are not all mixed up or not even appearing at all






















medium-sized but very well-stocked supermarket
(very nice French goodies in it, been there myself)







street scene in Port Gentil
















Aren´t these beaches splendid? Most famous beaches in and around Port Gentil are:
- Cap Lopez
- Sogara (le Dahu)
- La Pointe Chapuis






























a new lovely (luxury) tourist village in an untouched tropical setting (outside of town)




some old historic monuments and buildings in Port Gentil

"Eglise Saint Michel"



the following two buildings are now small musuems






in one of Gabon´s wildlife parks




nature spots:



the area is also good for fishing







"so and so" pics and snapshots taken in mainly in Port Gentil
there are tons of skyblogs with soooo many photos of various people. I have just selcted a "few"

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cool African hairstyles, not just Blacks love them























wonderful surf and kite surfing snapshot around Port Gentil












Some weekend beach houses in Port Gentil








another National park in Gabon (not too far from Port Gentil), ljust ook at the nature










Although the urban (upper) middle class and high class of Libreville and Port Gentil drink a lot of wine and especially champagne (Gabon held the record of champagne drinking per head for many years, unbelievable but true!), local Gabonese beer is also worth a try

National Gabonese beer (Regab)




Well, I just add Miss Gabon 2004. She really looks smashing




....TO BE CONTINUED

[belgiumguy]

Nice pictures,I really love the national park and the girls lol

[matrix]

Wicked! Beautiful pictures Nice honey up top too

[You are to blame]

nice pictures

[SpeakerBoxx]

Very Nice looking city

[Matthias Offodile]

Here are some more photos of Port Gentil. Some of them are older than 10 years....













outside of the Port Gentil

[JAB323]

Looks like great surfing.

[JAB323]

If I'm not mistaken, Gabon has a high population of mainly French expats.

[Matthias Offodile]

If I'm not mistaken, Gabon has a high population of mainly French expats.

JAB323, yeah, after Côte d´ivoire´s downfall, Gabon and Senegal have the highest densities of French "expats" in sub-saharan Africa... but many of these so-called "expats" are second-generation and some even third generation (they have dual citizenship), and there is a constant flow of new ones arriving and leaving as well. Many do not even register at the embassy but official figures vary around +/- 25 000 Frenchpeople in Gabon which is a good batch considering that there are only around 700 000 local Gabonese for a population of around 1.2 million people only. There is also a relatively strong Lebanese community (10 000-15 000 approx.) in Gabon (many of them have night clubs, restaurants, some trendy bars, ice cream parlours, café shops, furniture stores, boutiques for international fashion items etc, car shops.) and there is a growing Chinese community, too........ and of course a very large community of African immigrants . (estimated at around 450 000 other African nationalities) In the early 70´s Gabon turned out to be a magnet for migrant workers from Cameroon, Benin, Togo, Congo-Brazzaville, Chad and even from far away like Senegal ....but the governement has imposed very strict laws for immigrants now . So bad tongues claim that Gabonese are "arrogant" "pampered by oil" and " very xenophobic" towards other Africans. In the past years tens of thousands migrant workers from Gabon have been expelled in a very harsh and unfriendly way by the police. (those with illegal status).

[Matthias Offodile]

...more beach photos aroun Port Gentil

[Matthias Offodile]

a small public garden in Port Gentil





the name "place de la Concorde" is really funny....




entry to a school of commerce



this is the townhall of Port Gentil....downstairs are sunshades and there is a boulangerie/café



old church called "St. Eglise" (got a smaller photo of it already here is a bigger one)



another street scene....







another small public area to relax

[Matthias Offodile]

[Matthias Offodile]

Lovely hand out spot near Port Gentil



funny pic showing "Father Christmas or Petit Papa Noel" coming by boat

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outside Port Gentil

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The City Gate to Port Gentil


photo taken in November 2005





very old lighthouse of Port Gentil



small privately run hotel





outside of the city



what a catch:eek2:



beautiful Gabonese carvings in Port Gentil

[Galsene]

HOW Gabon is very beautiful and the Gabonese to.
I have some family there, they said it`s great.

[Matthias Offodile]

Mouha, yeah, there are many Senegalese in Gabon and exchange between the two countries is steadily growing, too, which is a very ood thing! Gabonese appreciate Senegalese people a lot because they are calm, peaceful and friendly people.

[Matthias Offodile]

Mouha, yeah, there are many Senegalese in Gabon and exchange between the two countries is steadily growing, too, which is a very good thing! Gabonese appreciate Senegalese a lot because they are calm, peaceful and friendly people

[Galsene]

Originally Posted by Matthias Offodile

Mouha, yeah, there are many Senegalese in Gabon and exchange between the two countries is steadily growing, too, which is a very good thing! Gabonese appreciate Senegalese a lot because they are calm, peaceful and friendly people

[Kelsen]

Wow! Very beautiful! Port Gentil is amazing ! I wanna go there!