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| Brazzaville |
Once you made it into Brazzaville, the place turns out as a very
pleasant city. Brazzaville has many restaurants, some hotels, well
sorted supermarkets, some internet cafes and lots of taxis. Actually,
everything, one needs. There is not so much to see, but this is nothing
unusual for African cities. There are a few monuments, a handful of
interesting buildings, the city has recovered from the war quite well.
First, we paid Ecofac a visit. This is the park management for the
Odzala National Park in the north of RC. It was very difficult to find
out where the office is, then it was difficult to get info about the
park. Supposedly groups go to the park soon, but nobody knows, when. It
depends on the number of the participants, how expensive the trip is.
So, the question of the group size and of course also of the date is not
unimportant. Unfortunately, today, after 5 days in Brazzaville, I do
not know more than on the first day. Africa makes me mad sometimes…. But
well, on monday I will try again, and if there is no info, I will leave
on tuesday towards Gabon.
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| Taking a bath in river Congo |
Shahid is on his way home to the US. We had a great trip through
Angola and DRC and have lived our Angola dream. With him it was
definitely easier to travel in these both countries and of course also
much safer, logically also cheaper, as lots of expenses can be shared.
Thanks for the great time, Shahid!
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| Brazzaville |
I will continue by myself now, first within RC to a small place
called Oyo, from there a very bad street leads to Franceville in Gabon.
This bad road is only travelled by trucks not by public transport. Okay,
something new, I did not have trucks on this trip yet! The next mail
will probably come from Gabon, about the continuation of the journey to
RC and Gabon. Greetings from Brazzaville. I am always happy about mails.
A few days ago I got the great news that friends of my parents
have decided to support Monica and the children in the soupkitchen in
Katutura near Windhoek financially. They donate 1000 Euros, so four
other children can go to school for a year, including school uniform,
books and writing utensils. In the name of Monica and the children many
thanks to all who gave some money!!!!!
