VirtualTourist Member Lumumba
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People tend to believe that poor countries are corrupt and that the rich countries are not and the poor people are bad and the rich are good. This is not true, normally it is from the top to the bottom and everyone in between. This is why I would definitely say that Congo has small amounts of corruption. I can walk down the street in safety and I do not have to worry about them constantly cheating me.
So for on the honesty and corruption level Congo is an extremely safe country. I have paid no bribes.
Culture is wove into the minds of people and is part of the rich and the poor with very few exceptions. Culture is the cloth made by the actions of the people.
So should I say what I think about Congo or am I causing harm by saying what I think? To travel in Congo is very easy, this has to be one of the safest countries in west Africa, and if you wish there is no problem to visit and see the country side. It is quite simple.
But I have had enough of living inside, and wish to move outside couple levels of cleanliness so I will slowly work my way towards my new home Sydney, Australia where I have move in 4 months ago in June 2007. I cannot think of many reasons to return to Congo, but there are a few.
Most countries are great for the first month, then you start to learn the reasons to leave, and if you are lucky to stay. Contrary to common opinions you do not need to learn about any country and you do not need to understand any country of the world. This is talk of native people.I try to focus on having a wonderful life, which in the end is best achieved by walking away from misery and choosing the path of happiness.Every good thing you do bring forth good life.
Home sickness affects me. After work I thought of my family my father my mother my wonderful sisters and my brothers. I write letters everyday and I receive a lot from relatives. Life is hard back home but it makes me feel great that somehow i can render them help. |
|  | Congo wild life Le Bassin du Congo, qui regroupe le Cameroun, le Gabon, la Guinée équatoriale, le Congo Brazzaville, la République Démocratique du Congo(RDC), et la Centrafrique, est la deuxième plus grande région de forêts anciennes tropicales au monde, après l'Amazonie. Le Bassin du Congo, et en particulier la République Démocratique du Congo, abritent une biodiversité exceptionnelle : plus de 11000 espèces de plantes, 409 espèces de mammifères, 1086 espèces d'oiseaux, 152 espèces de serpents et 1069 espèces de poissons. |
Our School This is a schoolhouse where i was educated that contains three classrooms that hold 45 students each. The building is made of mud bricks and protected with a thatched roof. | | |
| | Congo River near our Home Going up that river was like travelling back to the earliest beginnings of the world, when vegetation rioted on the earth and the big trees were kings. An empty stream, a great silence, an impenetrable forest. The air was warm, thick, heavy, sluggish. There was no joy in the brilliance of sunshine. The long stretches of the waterway ran on, deserted, into the gloom of overshadowed distances. On silvery sandbanks hippos and alligators sunned themselves side by side. The broadening waters flowed through a mob of wooded islands. You lost your way on that river as you would in a desert and butted all day long against shoals trying to find the channel till you thought yourself bewitched and cut off for ever from everything you had known. |
Fshing our main source of income My family relies on fishing and we sell our catch in the market everyday .Here you see local fishermen holding a net above dugout canoe (pirogue) on the other side of the Congo River from Bolenge. | | |
| | At Home This is how our fishing boats are kept at the back of our house. |
Our way of Life Living adjacent to Congo river is a way of life with my family. This is where I grew up and spent my childhood. There has been a lot of accidents among the people living along the river banks from being attacked by crocodiles and Hipo's to simply getting drowned. Most fatal accidents happens to childrens that is left unattended. Children who lives around the river learned to swim at an early age. There are also reports that gold are traced along the creeks that branches out of the Congo river. | | |
| | Logging and Land errosion In this photo you will see an area that is gradually erroding due to the methods of clearing the trees. Congo is rich in natural resources and timber and logs is one of the main agricultural export. French and other foreign capitals are spent to clear areas that grows quality timber. Timbers are mostly exported to France and other Europen countries. If preservation of the trees will not be regulated . I feel with much sadness that one day the hills and mountains I used to play as a child will be a dry land in drought. |
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pattypoo Mon Jan 14, 2008 13:36 UTC
Lumumba..I'm so glad your okay where have you been we have been concernd about you... | Helenbb Sun Jan 13, 2008 15:14 UTC
Happy New Year.. how are you ?:) | karcle Fri Nov 30, 2007 20:18 UTC
Hiya,hope everything is ok with you,is work going ok ? | horsinround2 Sun Nov 4, 2007 21:03 UTC
Welcome to VT! What a great start to your pages! I look forward to reading more. |
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