Luanda Part 2

What a wonderful day! This is a national holiday honoring the first President of Angola - Agostinho Neto MD. He was in office from 1975 - 1979. He died in Russia during a cancer operation. To the right is his burial monument.

I walked there today - more of an adventure that I expected - almost 2 hours round trip. The grounds were closed until the festivities honoring his birth date. The monument overlooks an extensive shanty town - cardboard and tin structures all of which have tv antennaes or tv dishes.

Luanda is deserted - only 1/20 of the traffic, cars or humans. Everyone has left for a 3 day holiday.

I have been invited to lunch with the family who own Soleme House. More on that later.