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Crossing Congo – Capital Walks
I reached my destination in Congo. After three weeks of amazing and hard touring in the country, I am sitting in the passenger seat of a cab. My two fellow […]
Crossing Congo – Equator Rocks
We reach Gemena at night. My map shows no more than a beautiful blank spot and orientation is difficult. It’s a dark city and only generators keep the city in […]
Crossing Congo – Jungle Bumps
It is early in the morning. In the light of our headlamps we climb out of bed. It wasn’t late last night, but the discussion was long and thoroughly. How […]
Crossing Congo – The Stream
The airport of Kisangani welcomes us with a nice and friendly officer of the immigration department. He recommends us a taxi driver and after we found to our own surprise […]
Crossing Congo – The Flying Whistle
While crossing rebel territory from Goma to Kisangani on the land would be a Russian roulette, a flight there seemed a good and fast choice. Three motorbikes take me and […]
Crossing Congo – Majestic Gorillas
It’s an early start in the day. During the last couple of hours the city had two blackouts and generators had to be turned on. Having no electricity on a […]
Crossing Congo – Glowing Earth
In the clouds north of the city, I can sneak a peek of my next day destination, the Nyiragongo. This active volcano rises 1600 meters over the landscape to a […]