KENYA AND CONGO

Over our October break we attended a regional educational conference in Kenya and then flew to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (previously Zaire) to visit friends at a school there. We returned to Zambia with a deeper appreciation for the relative stability and infrastructure here compared to many places in Africa.

Photo Gallery: click each to see a larger image.

Nairobi, Kenya from hotel window. Terrible traffic - took 2 hours to get 15 miles from airport to hotel

Beautiful mural in hotel - many storied lobby

Vibrant colors of Kenyan market

Kenyan dancers

$42 for this in Congo - and we thought Zambia had high prices!

Trip to see the endangered Bonobos - closest relative to humans. Sanctuary as they are in the middle of war zone, and killed for food.

Young are raised by humans until old enough to join the rest.

Just hanging out, keeping cool

Nice treat

Lunch by the lake

Who would ever think that at the end of this long dirt road, in the middle of nowhere, is a restaurant.

Billy and his friends

Ann and Irene at Chez Tin Tin on the Congo River

Porcelain rose next to the river

Congo River

A true dug out canoe in a tumultuous river.