Anyone interested in going? I plan to be at Roland Garros the end of this month and am thinking about flying from Paris to Libreville in early June....
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suplnkjackson
May 2, 2002 12:26 pm
Today, May 2, 2002, is the National Day of Prayer, and it is also the National Call In Day For Diabetes. To call in for Diabetes phone the U. S. Capitol at...
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bobutne
May 4, 2002 5:51 pm
Mobolo Larry! Nice to see that you joined this board and a thoughtful message. My mother had diabetes in the days when there was too little medical knowledge...
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bobutne
May 5, 2002 2:01 pm
From April 30, 2002 WSJ: "Kinshasa is considered so unsafe for Air France pilots and flight attendants staying overnight between flights that the airline ...
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bobutne
May 10, 2002 4:14 am
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks May 9, 2002 The Ebola haemorrhagic fever outbreak in Ogooue-Ivindo region of Gabon has ended, the World Health...
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suplnkjackson
May 11, 2002 8:30 pm
Bob, That photo of our first school that we built in Gabon really brings back some very old memories (circa 1963). As I look at that picture I wonder how the...
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bobutne
May 12, 2002 2:29 am
Hey Larry, Got a pic of you, too at Okala. See: http://ewatravel.com/pics/Okala_Group.jpg (Larry is fourth to the left)...
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bobutne
May 12, 2002 2:18 pm
In the SNL news skit, last night, they attempted a typically tasteless SNL joke about tourism in Gabon after the ebola situation. I am in the tourist business...
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bobutne
May 13, 2002 9:28 pm
"The children are our bond with the future." affirmed Omar Bongo at the World Children Summit in New York, "This is the occasion to learn together the lessons...
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tamarawithers
May 14, 2002 2:35 pm
Mbolo! Are you still planning to go to Gabon in June? Please let me know more about your trip. I was evacuated in February and am supposed to be reinstated...
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bobutne
May 14, 2002 8:41 pm
M'bolo Tamara, Yes, I plan to be in Gabon for several weeks in early June. I plan to visit the areas where our cadre constructed schools and, time allowed, do...
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solarchef
May 16, 2002 3:19 pm
Would love to see some of your pictures posted from your Gabon tour when you get back. Can you send all current members a ReGab? Ha, ha. Have a good trip. ...
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solarchef
May 18, 2002 3:56 am
Does anyone know where I can find information about atangas(sp)? They are those purple oblong fruit that was boiled and dipped in salt and great with a ReGab....
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bobutne
May 20, 2002 7:40 pm
CARE accomplishes much. A $200 donation can supply seeds for nutritious crops in sub-Sahara Africa to feed 16,000 people in need. $2,230 can provide access to...
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bobutne
May 23, 2002 3:01 am
Jenny is my primary Gabon contact. I met Jenny in South Africa about five years ago when we worked together to promote camera safaris to the South African game...
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bobutne
May 23, 2002 8:28 pm
Not cheap to travel to Gabon from the US. Gabon charges $60 for a visa and the airfare is about $900 from Paris. Fortunately, Gabon and other CFA members...
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bobutne
May 25, 2002 3:31 am
It all started here: http://ewatravel.com/Gabon/Gabon_I_training_in_St._Thomas_1963.jpg...
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bobutne
May 26, 2002 5:06 pm
On Memorial Day, as we honor all those who have died in service to our country, two names especially come to mind within the Gabon context- John Morascini and...
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carstagabon
May 30, 2002 12:47 am
Does anyone know when the new education volunteers will be leaving for stage? I have a newly returned rpcv Gabon friend who needs to have something hand...
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tracywerblow
May 30, 2002 4:34 pm
Hello, What a wonderful discussion page. I have just returned from Gabon in March. I was serving in Franceville as a health volunteer when I got evacuated...
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staceyannemiller
staceyannemi...
Jun 15, 2002 3:36 pm
Just wanted to drop a qick note of thanks for all the info on this site. I'm heading over to Gabon on the 26th of this month as an Environmenatl Education...
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bobutne
Jun 20, 2002 2:34 am
See photo section (first box) for some new photos of my June 3-17, 2002 trip to Gabon. It was interesting to learn that two Peace Corps Volunteers and local ...
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bobutne
Jun 21, 2002 7:00 pm
There are virtually no tourists to Gabon other than the scattered fishing or hunting party. Ecotourism, however, may be just what Gabon needs to help fund ...
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bobutne
Jun 23, 2002 8:45 pm
Not much change in the bush areas from 1964 (when I was served in the Peace Corps in Gabon). Some TVs now exist and cell phones are expanding their reach...
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bobutne
Jun 24, 2002 1:38 am
While at the Oogue Palace in Lambarene, I ran into two PC staff and learned that 45 new PCVs would be joining the 44 PCVs now in Gabon. The two were very...
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solarchef
Jun 24, 2002 2:41 pm
Bob, I can find Mikongo on the map. What part of the country is it? I will need to find my map of Gabon but right now it is misplaced. Enjoying your travel...
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bobutne
Jun 24, 2002 9:43 pm
Michael, The Mikongo Primate Conservation Center is located within Reserve de la Lope. It's about a two-hour drive from the La Lope Hotel and train station. ...
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bobutne
Jul 27, 2002 1:07 pm
Am considering the marketing of "gorilla treks" to Gabon. See: http://ewatravel.com/gorillatrek.htm The dilemma is that western lowland gorillas (and elephants...
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bobutne
Aug 10, 2002 3:35 pm
Interesting article in the NYT about how "eco-mercenaries" are helping to stop poaching of bush meat in Cambodia and elsewhere. ...
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bobutne
Aug 13, 2002 7:54 pm
E-mail received today from head of primate project at La Lope in Gabon: "I share you concern about the impact of poaching and the bush meat trade on gorillas...
