BEACH

Along the vast circle of the presidential villa and turning left at the corner, we find ourselves on a "beach" overlooking the Boumediene, a small, serene space. Here, there are canoes unloading the shells and their leaves, which are braided, to isolate a little of the sheet to shield from the sun. These kinds of mats are made on the ground under the wall of the president. A few piroguiers regularly make palm wine. After paying the tour, we can negotiate a trip in a canoe, but beware: in a country recently released from one-party rule, civil war, non-existent tourism, and a fortiori on the chief's land, some rules of caution are required. Do not picture the residences of the president and his family, nor the facilities that even present a very distant, very unlikely strategic interest. Specifically, in the case of the rental of canoes, given the proximity of the presidential residence which overlooks the river, a sensitive site if any, will warn the gendarmes, otherwise perfectly vendors, of your intention and request their consent. The opposite would make you a suspect. A White, alone, in a canoe, who has not made himself known and who drags around the house of the leader, bad script, really...