Côte d'Ivoire aka: Cote d'Ivoire

I met another student through University American Model United Nations Conference in Chicago who inspired me to want to go there, and regardless of the person- it’s GORGEOUS

I spent 1 week in the capital about a week before a military coup. Take care, use common sense, trust your intuition… and just trust and enjoy the people and surroundings.

I visited the Ivory Coast for 2 weeks in 2002. A friend of mine was there so I wanted to see the Ivory Coast with her before she returned to the states.

The one place that really stuck in my mind was the Basilica in Yamoussoukro which is the largest Christian church in the world. It was unbelievable. I was truly overwhelmed because it was beautiful, but it is the middle of no where. You are charged an admission fee to go into the church and unfortunately, the locals do not attend the church because they cannot afford the admission fee.

이 국가의 영국 이름은 코트디부아르이다.

Civil war … one more !