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Mary Assouan '05, marybe.assouan@richmond.edu
The Ivory Coast is a lovely country on the West Coast of Africa, thirty times smaller than the United States! The official language is French, and the national Day August 7th. Of its 16 millions inhabitants, 2 million live in Abidjan on the south coast, called “the Pearl of the Lagoons”. With the biggest port and most organizations and banks’ head offices, Abidjan is the economic heart of West Africa. The political capital Yamoussoukro, situated in the center of the country, hosts the biggest Catholic cathedral in the world after the Vatican in Roma. On the economic viewpoint, Ivory Coast remains significantly dependent on exports of primary agricultural commodities, especially cocoa – of which it is the world’s leading producer and coffee. It also mines considerable quantities of gold. Websites on Cote D'Ivoire www.state.gov/r/pa/bgn/2846.htm www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/cote.html Tanzania
Tanzania is a country with a population of around 31 million people. The city where I am from (Dar es Salaam) is situated on the coast of Tanzania and has a population of around 1 million. Tanzania is tropical and there are around 132 languages in total (including English and Kiswahili and tribal languages.) The main ethnic group is Bantu. The main industry is agriculture, which accounts for about 70 percent of the total revenue. Tanzania is a very beautiful country with its share of major tourist attractions including Mount Kilimanjaro, the Serengeti game park and Ngorongoro Crater. These and other attractions provide a large chunk of the total revenue that comes from tourism. Tanzania is certainly one of the most blessed countries in Africa, if not the world, in terms of natural resources, which are abundant. Most of these resources have yet to tapped into, and once this happens, expect Tanzania to bring even more tourists into the country than is currently happening. Websites on Tanzania www.tanzania-web.com/home2.htm France
Paris is a lively cultural spot!!… You appreciate to see other people exist, to hear the murmur of conversations, to feel the pulse of life?… you are in a French café, Aux Deux Magots or at the Café des Phares. The diversity of French cafes reflects the diversity of cultural and social life in France… The Hexagon
is still a historically centralized nation in terms of politics and economics.
Nevertheless, the social and cultural diversity of different regions offers many
sources of interest. Actually, France offers a great variety of ways of life… When you live in cities such as Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux and Lille, you can enjoy both the rich historical heritage and modern life. You can also enjoy the diversity of landscapes since the French territory is relatively small!!…For instance, if you live in Paris since you study in The Sorbonne, it takes four hours to go to sky, two hours to go to Normandy visit the D-Day Beaches, a couples of hours to go to the famous “Vallee de la Loire”, one hour to visit the impressionist places, thirty minutes to visit Versailles, and a few minutes to have fun in the more fashionable spots in Paris… daily life or night life offer amazing surprise in each Parisian district… Museums, sights, theaters, theater movies, cafes, parks and squares, beautiful bridges…so many places to have fun…you don’t have any campus in Paris…but you have so many wonderful activities and places offered!!…Furthermore, many foreigners live in Paris…So, come and see, you’ll make readjustments as regards French Culture…and you’ll probably come and visit us again!!… This experiment will certainly enrich your standpoint!!… Paris is not a museum-city...It is just one of the most lively and exciting city of Europe! -Quiterie Gueniot, exchange student from the Sorbonne during the 2001-02 academic year Kazakhstan
Madina Tleuova is a visiting student for the 2001-02 year. Visit her website on her home country of Kazakhstan www.student.richmond.edu/~mt8iz/buad391/ Websites on Kazakhstan |
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