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Hotel Belle Vie Kinshasa

70 Boulevard du 30 juin Kinshasa, Congo - The Dem. Repub.

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A REAL Congo Line......

A travel blog entry by jenniferabbott

... The Congolese were only too happy to teach us the dance steps and help us along. Being there really made me feel like I had been to church in AFRICA. While we have lived here (for the most part) we have attended the International church that is mostly expats and the services are in English. It was a great treat to be in an African church done in the native tongue.....even if we had no idea half the ...

Stillettos in the Jungle

A travel blog entry by jenniferabbott

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... and watching them worship and participating with them is an amazing experience. I wish I could bring you all with me to church here one Sunday. :)

The kids are both taking photography this semester and they have captured some pictures of a few of the beautiful tropical flowers found here in abundance. Pictures don't do them justice. There is a tree here with blooms like smell like Chanel perfume. ...

Kinshasa second day

A travel blog entry by joelmeeker

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... that a member in Missouri had given me for just such a purpose. I ask Jacob to take the men out and buy them French Bibles as well as cases to protect them and keep them clean. I also asked him to buy them each a notebook so they can take notes as they study. We take that for granted in the West, but even having writing paper and pens to use is not a given here. They left together to buy the Bibles, so the young men could continue studying. I ...

Long day's journey into night, and morning

A travel blog entry by joelmeeker

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... so in the end just let it be and hoped to grow in patience.

To add to the frustration, he wanted to play the pen game. This is popular in many parts of Africa. It goes like this: don’t travel with a pen, then when it comes time to fill in the arrival card or any other required document, you don’t have a pen, and ask to borrow someone else’s (in this case mine). Since I always travel economy class, this happens fairly often to me on planes. It also often ...

Mellan hopp och förtvivlan

A travel blog entry by surrburken

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... och fick säkert gå och byta byxor efter inspektionen. Till slut fick vi dock fortsätta, men eftersom det började mörkna slog vi läger i deras by. Omedelbart samlades ett hundratal nyfika män, kvinnor och barn för att se på medan vi slog upp våra tält och lagade mat. Denna kväll var det min och Szannes tur att laga mat och vi hade allvarliga problem att komunicera med varandra på grund av det enormt högljuda tjatter som våra åskådare producerade. Det var ungefär som att laga mat ...