Congo: back to civilization

It is a tortuous 16 hour journey by car through remote jungle roads to get to back to civilization.

petrol for sale on the roadside, on the way to Brazzaville

Brazzaville, the capital of the Rupublic of Congo, is a sleepy city of 1.4 million on the banks of the river Congo. Just across the river, Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (ex-Zaire) with its 14 million inhabitants and its high jumble of high rise buildings, stares at Brazza with  a mixture of pride and defiance.

Neater and better organized than many African cities, and with a distinctly French provincial feel, Brazzaville is a pleasant enough city to recover from our days in the jungle.

back to civilization, in Brazzaville
mausoleum of Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, the “gentle conqueror”
Kinshasa, Brazzaville’s menacing sister – across the Congo river, but a world away
all the necessities, in Brazzaville
lunch at Mami Wata, on the banks of the Congo river