Virunga, Congo - The Dem. Repub.

... ) border, we passed through immigration with no problems whatsoever! It was actually quite scary being in a war torn country like Congo, the poverty there was like nothing we have ever seen before, kids were running up behind our 4x4 asking for pens, ...

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... on the big stupid truck! In East Africa the kids all scream Mzungu, literally 'White Person' at us. In Uganda and Congo the kids are even more excited because apparently everyone likes seeing white people because it is reassuring that their country is ok. ...

Jambo from Congo!! We departed very early Tuesday morning for the Congo and the gorilla trek. Our day started by walking across the Uganda - DRC border and going through Immigration. We then thought we'd be taking a 90 minute jeep ride to Virunga ...

... yourself from laughing out loud, but we didnt want to wake Humba. Humba and his family live in the Virunga National Park, in a part of the Congo called Albert National Park. Despite UK warning about travel over the border from Uganda to the Congo, we ...