Day 2 of Lounging in Luanda
On my second day in Luanda, I took a guided tour of the city. I had originally booked it since I was a little concerned for my safety in the farther reaches of Luanda and since I also wanted to visit the so-called Viewpoint of the Moon, which can only be reached by car or public transit as it lies over an hour southwest of the city. The Viewpoint of the Moon was the first place we visited. It is a lookout over a barrage of red and beige pinnacles that have been eroded out of the cliff close to the sea, forming a moonlike arena whose bottom is filled with small hills and baobab trees. I imagine these trees must be of special pre-Christan significance to local people, as there is an entire hilly grove of baobabs by the road just south of Luanda where people go – our guide said – “to be closer to God.”