"Perhaps Africa's most dazzling hotel"

The monthly wanderlust for paying subscribers—dispatched from Abidjan, Ivory Coast—with three-plus things to love (a passport cover, amapiano, a smartphone game, etc.)

Vintage postcard, Hôtel Ivoire, Abidan, Côte d’Ivoire

I spent the last six days traveling around Côte d’Ivoire with a friend. He’s a rare one, the type of guy to possess both the inclination and resources to text me a couple weeks ago, very much out of the blue, and say How about going to West Africa at the end of January for the football, I’ll cover everything, don’t say no.

I strongly encourage anyone to acquire this kind of friend.