We hadn't planned much for our last day in Libreville except for souvenir shopping. Yesterday we had found just the one place, Galerie Olima, that had pretty good quality. Took a taxi over (2000 CFAs / $4, the going rate for getting about town). It took us a while to decide on what we wanted, ended up getting a painting (out of the paintings, there was representation of only one local Gabonese artist), a mbigou stone sculpture (about 10lbs), and a group of wooden carvings each from a different type of wood. It took the Olima folks quite some time to pack everything up, they were quite meticulous. They were impressed with our telescoping poster tube (we brought it from home and had left at the hotel in Libreville during our trip).
Caught a taxi back to the hotel and packed up for the trip home. This time I didn't have to bother with making sure the house key was in our carry-on cause we have Kevo now, so it's just our phone. We had booked a late check-out cause our flight was at 11:50pm. We weren't really motivated to do much so just relaxed at the hotel until it was time to head to the airport.
We had packed all our souvenirs in the carry-on suitcase. There was an attempt at a bribe when going through security but we got through without having to pay anything. Spent our last CFAs on some chocolate from Gabon, and that was it for the trip!
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