Chad
Chad has always been some place where travellers wave goodbye to their comfort zone and say hello to adventure. Even when it is safe to visit, which sadly it is currently not, the art of travel here is demanding in every sense of the word.
This, though, is part of the country's allure, an opportunity to break emphatically away from all that you know, and come to a place that promises experiences, good and bad, that happen nowhere else.
But if Chad is such a demanding place to travel, why ever bother?
Picture sublime oases hiding in the northern deserts, stampeding herds of wildlife running through national parks and deep blues awaiting boats on Lake Chad – put simply, when Chad is accessible it's a country and an experience that can never be forgotten.
This, though, is part of the country's allure, an opportunity to break emphatically away from all that you know, and come to a place that promises experiences, good and bad, that happen nowhere else.
But if Chad is such a demanding place to travel, why ever bother?
Picture sublime oases hiding in the northern deserts, stampeding herds of wildlife running through national parks and deep blues awaiting boats on Lake Chad – put simply, when Chad is accessible it's a country and an experience that can never be forgotten.
May 12. 2017 / Friday / 5:05 AM
I finished my trip here. I visited Boali and Mbaïki.
I am now at the Bangui airport and will go on Kenyan Airways to Entebbe, Uganda.
I hope I can go there because they changed the visa rules.
I need to connect in Entebbe with Ethiopian Airlines to reach N'djamena
because there is no direct service with Kenya Airways from Nairobi.
I finished my trip here. I visited Boali and Mbaïki.
I am now at the Bangui airport and will go on Kenyan Airways to Entebbe, Uganda.
I hope I can go there because they changed the visa rules.
I need to connect in Entebbe with Ethiopian Airlines to reach N'djamena
because there is no direct service with Kenya Airways from Nairobi.
MONDAY 15 - MAY - 2017
Ethiopian Airlines 941 / ETH 941 / ET 941
ADD ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA / EBB ENTEBBE, UGANDA / NDJ N'DJAMENA, CHAD
MONDAY 15 - MAY - 2017 09:20 AM EAT / MONDAY 15 - MAY - 2017 10:55 AM WA
ADD ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA / EBB ENTEBBE, UGANDA / NDJ N'DJAMENA, CHAD
MONDAY 15 - MAY - 2017 09:20 AM EAT / MONDAY 15 - MAY - 2017 10:55 AM WA
MONDAY 15 - MAY - 2017 - 9:29 AM
I arrived today in N'Djamena after gettting little sleep on the night flights.
I left Entebbe at 4:30am and got here via Addis Ababa by 11am.
I found a place to stay with an accountant from the clinic.
I will stay with his family then tomorrow morning at 5am take a bus to Bere, Chad.
I will get there hopefully by 2pm.
I arrived today in N'Djamena after gettting little sleep on the night flights.
I left Entebbe at 4:30am and got here via Addis Ababa by 11am.
I found a place to stay with an accountant from the clinic.
I will stay with his family then tomorrow morning at 5am take a bus to Bere, Chad.
I will get there hopefully by 2pm.
Thursday, May 18. 2017 / 10:13 PM
Got hurt on the way to airport.
I'm now in Paris and going to New York
Got hurt on the way to airport.
I'm now in Paris and going to New York
Air France 559 / AFR559 / AF559
NDJ N'DJAMENA, CHAD / CDG PARIS, FRANCE
TERMINAL 2E Charles de Gaulle/Roissy - CDG
THURSDAY 18-MAY-2017 / 11:23PM WAT / FRIDAY 19-MAY-2017 / 06:03 AM CEST
NDJ N'DJAMENA, CHAD / CDG PARIS, FRANCE
TERMINAL 2E Charles de Gaulle/Roissy - CDG
THURSDAY 18-MAY-2017 / 11:23PM WAT / FRIDAY 19-MAY-2017 / 06:03 AM CEST
Satellite Pictures of Chad
In the 7th millennium BC, ecological conditions in the northern half of Chadian territory favored human settlement, and the region experienced a strong population increase.
Some of the most important African archaeological sites are found in Chad, mainly in the Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region; some date to earlier than 2000 BC.
Some of the most important African archaeological sites are found in Chad, mainly in the Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region; some date to earlier than 2000 BC.
| Chad / Ennedi |
The Ennedi Plateau
located in the North-East of Chad, in the Ennedi Region, is a sandstone bulwark in the middle of the Sahara. It is assailed by the sands on all sides, that encroach the deep valleys of the Ennedi. It covers an area of approximately 60,000 square kilometres (23,000 sq mi)
Only the caravans manage to cross it and this makes the region an area subject to multiple influences.
located in the North-East of Chad, in the Ennedi Region, is a sandstone bulwark in the middle of the Sahara. It is assailed by the sands on all sides, that encroach the deep valleys of the Ennedi. It covers an area of approximately 60,000 square kilometres (23,000 sq mi)
Only the caravans manage to cross it and this makes the region an area subject to multiple influences.
| Sahara |
Exxon owns the country of Chad
Who owns the equipment to do the oil extraction? Exxon. 75% of the infrastructure to extract oil from Chad is owned by Exxon, and the other 25% was owned by Chevron, who sold it to the Chadian Government for $1.3 Billion dollars. In 2014.
Where did the Government of Chad get the money for that?! Why they got a huge loan, of course.
Who did they get a loan from? Why none other than Glencore, the 14th largest company in the world, who also does extraction of oil and coal, as well as copper and zinc and already has some oil operations in southern Chad.
The GDP of Chad has increased from $1.3 Billion in 2001 to $11 Billion in 2015. Almost 10x in just 20 years. Pretty good!
What the revenue of Exxon and Glencore was in 2015, for comparison?
More or less than Chad? Exxon had revenue of $218 Billion, and Glencore had revenue of $152 Billion.
That’s the yearly equivalent of 20 Chads and 14 Chads, respectively.
Who owns the equipment to do the oil extraction? Exxon. 75% of the infrastructure to extract oil from Chad is owned by Exxon, and the other 25% was owned by Chevron, who sold it to the Chadian Government for $1.3 Billion dollars. In 2014.
Where did the Government of Chad get the money for that?! Why they got a huge loan, of course.
Who did they get a loan from? Why none other than Glencore, the 14th largest company in the world, who also does extraction of oil and coal, as well as copper and zinc and already has some oil operations in southern Chad.
The GDP of Chad has increased from $1.3 Billion in 2001 to $11 Billion in 2015. Almost 10x in just 20 years. Pretty good!
What the revenue of Exxon and Glencore was in 2015, for comparison?
More or less than Chad? Exxon had revenue of $218 Billion, and Glencore had revenue of $152 Billion.
That’s the yearly equivalent of 20 Chads and 14 Chads, respectively.