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Back To Kinshasa Part II: Chicken eggs, thunderstorms and village children
Children ran naked in puddles as the rain bore down and turned the dirt roads into rivers. Hit by a sudden thunderstorm, my two drivers and I watching forlornly as the motorbikes (and my bags!) were getting soaked through. Beneath … Continue reading
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Tagged basankusu, bushmeat, chickens, congo, congo basin, democratic republic of congo, eggs, kinshasa, motorbike, motorcycle, rainforest, thunderstorms, villages
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Journey Into the Middle of Nowhere…
Cruising down the Lulonga River in a long wooden pirogue powered by a motor, we began our 200km+ journey to Ndele from Basankusu after dawn. Children ran to the river bank waving and shouting at us in Lingala, giving off … Continue reading
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Tagged basankusu, bonobos, congo, congo basin, democratic republic of congo, DRC, kinshasa, monkeys, primates
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