Week 10 – Kinshasa - Democratic Republic of
Congo
Ok, so after
visiting Chad, we took a small airplane from Sarh to the Central African
Republic. It wasn’t meant to be though since 2 of my friends fell ill with fevers
stomach complaints on our second day there.
So now we’re in
Kinshasa, Congo! In order to enter Congo though we first had to prove that we
had gotten a yellow fever vaccination, luckily we were prepared for that and we
got through. Now, this country has so much history that we couldn’t help but
having a ton of respect for the inhabitants, the environment, … and basically everything.
Kinshasa is located along the south bank of the Congo river, which is the 2nd
largest river in Africa.
We were staying in
the West side of Congo and luckily the war zones are in the north-eastern areas,
however I must say that during our time in Kinshasa we often didn’t feel safe
when walking around. The gap between the rich and the poor is huge and crime is
ever present. Almost everywhere we went we saw streetchildren. Watching us with
unpleasant eyes or not watching us at all, living in misery, day in day out. A
local shop owner told us that there are approximately 20.000 children living on
the streets of which a quarter are beggars.
We decided to
leave this behind and visit some things we found on tripadvisor. Lola Ya Bonobo
was our first stop. A reservation park for Bonobos. This was an amazing day,
the Bonobos seemed incredibly intelligent and we could look at them for hours,
not once feeling bored. The seemed also seemed extremely committed to their
tasks of taking care of them.
We also visited the Kinshasa University which was unbelievable to see. This showed us once again how big the gap was between the rich and the poor.
For the rest of our week we travelled around most of the time by bus, we did make sure though to always stay in group with some other tourists we met when heading for more secluded areas.
We also visited the Kinshasa University which was unbelievable to see. This showed us once again how big the gap was between the rich and the poor.
For the rest of our week we travelled around most of the time by bus, we did make sure though to always stay in group with some other tourists we met when heading for more secluded areas.
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