[HN Gopher] Notes on the Ivory Coast
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       Notes on the Ivory Coast
        
       Author : yorwba
       Score  : 23 points
       Date   : 2024-01-02 11:43 UTC (11 hours ago)
        
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       | grecy wrote:
       | I spent a month exploring all over the Ivory Coast, driving my
       | own 4x4 [1].
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       | When I give talks about my 3 years driving right around Africa I
       | use Ivory Coast as the example of road conditions. A road where
       | trucks were stuck for two weeks [2], potholes and broken pavement
       | so bad I was in first gear for days, and then some of the best
       | freeways on the entire continent. All in the same country,
       | sometimes only hours apart.
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       | The story of the The Basilica of Yamoussoukro [3] is insane. It's
       | the world's biggest Catholic monument, costing around $600
       | million USD. The final cost doubled Ivory Coast's national debt.
       | Seriously.
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       | Before the Pope would sanction such a thing, he insisted a
       | hospital also be built to help the citizens of the country.
       | Strangely enough after the Pope visited the Basilica and gave his
       | blessing, the hospital was never finished, and still sits half
       | finished, closed.
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       | [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUGJLcHUDEg
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       | [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z740focQL4U
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       | [3] http://theroadchoseme.com/the-basilica-of-yamoussoukro
        
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