Back from Central Africa and i must say DRC is quite something in all instances and purposes.Arrived at Njili Airport and took a 1991 Mercedes cab,Five minutes into the journey the cabbie blurts out 'Wewe umebebwa na Mercedes huko Kenya' almost choked on my saliva,dint answer back,i was staying in a hotel near the world famous JETEMBA,arguably the best rave joint in Africa excluding SA,the cabbie blubbed endlessley about it and that was that,next day flew to Bangui pronounced as Bangii..and there civilization ceased to exist,they have very defined jaw bones and believe it or not people were standing/squatting in the caravan i flew in and,i saw families crossing the runway their children in tow just like you would see on jogoo/mombasa road,i drank very nice Belgian beer called 33 and the receipt is stamped in gold and the cost $5!!!!! looked for the nearest exit (that is robbery).
Bact to Kinshasa went for a burial there i tell you Kinshasa has 10mil guys and the place is massive like Kitengela to Thika,In this instance the church service was eg Kasarani and we had to pass the airport again to go to the cemetrey a journey of 4 hours,now real drama at the cemetrey there people who live by there and i couldn't understand why.As we were praying/crying this guys came to sell us njugus and stuff and people bought as they cried and they come crying as well found it funny i must say.Met a nice lady in Jetemba said i can marry her,only to ask me $100 later on ..what was i smoking!!!
On my flight back there was some Naija couple with Kids and when we were being served the Naija man in his accent insisted they be served first and i quote ' Madam,Madam serve us first,we are more hungry than the children' ....
Have a fulfilled weekend.
Success is not measured by what you accomplish,but by the opposition you have encountered and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against the overwhelming odds'
The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence; it is to act with yesterday's logic.