The Luanda skyline

A few weeks back, I visited

Angola

. Here's a beautiful shot of the

Luanda

skyline that

took from the top of the

Escom

building (currently the tallest). In the foreground is the first of four buildings that will make up the

Intercontinental Hotel

and apartments. On the right, you can see the four-storey colonial era American embassy. An old cemetery is next door. In the distance is the Luanda bay, with the fashionable "ilha" jutting out into the ocean. Most of the residents live on the outskirts in shanty towns, which can't be seen from this vantage. Several Emirati companies are heading down to Luanda to get involved in the building boom (

).