I did get on Blogspot, briefly, but more of my friends use LJ than Blogspot, and Blogspot irritates me in some very fundamental ways (e.g. lack of an aggregator for friends' posts).

Gabon is an excellent place to visit! Although it's not really set up for tourism yet. It's 80% rainforests and has amazing animal populations. The infrastructure is basically nonexistent, but it's worth it (to me). :-)