Category: photos
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Photographs of Kinshasa’s grimy streets
Kinshasa streets are grimy, dirty and smoggy. Tough people, rough edges, aggressive driving, dangerous motorcycle drivers. Seeing a white or mundele here is entertaining for most. You get all sorts of reactions: happiness, anger, curiosity, aggression, teasing, opportunistic and many others. Taking pictures is a cheeky business. If you’re caught you get in big trouble.…
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Kinshasa nightlife guide of sorts
As you may know, Kinshasa is a party town. Just type “Nightclub” on Google Maps, and you will get 110 recommendations (I counted them all!). See here. Since the 60s, Kinshasa or Léopoldville as it was called, vibrated to the sounds of the guitar and other instruments. Jean Depara, one of Africa’s well known photographers…
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Hotel Metropole in Matadi
The Hotel Metropole in Matadi was built between 1925 and 1930. It seems to have officially opened in 1930 according to Wikipedia. It is a gothic revival styled building (Wikipedia) and apparently designed by architect Ernest Callebout.
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Mama Lufuma, a single mother and child shelter in Matadi
I recently went to Matadi to visit a non profit organisation helping young mothers and their children called Mama Lufuma (Website is in Flemish. A translation to English is in progress). There are 15 or so kids that are between 6 months old and 10 years old. Their mothers also live in the shelter. There…
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Israel (Tel Aviv and Kfar Hanokdim)
A complicated place but worth a visit if you can stand the questioning at arrival and departure.
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Sunsets from around the world
Sunset pictures from the DRC, South Africa, Nicaragua and Egypt
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Egypt – part 2
Photos of my trip to Egypt in August 2022. Khan El-Khalili Market, Coptic orthodox churches, northern Egypt beaches (Almaza bay)
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A day in Johannesburg and Pretoria
I drove around on a Monday to three popular sites: Zoo lake in Rosebank, the Union buildings and the Voortrekker monument in Pretoria. All of them were eerily quiet. I took these pictures.
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Photos I like
Photos, photos, photos and more photos 🙂
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Random photos of rain, plants, flowers and an apple pie
Here’s a bunch of pretty pics 😂
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Views of the boulevard from Seray restaurant
Views of the boulevard and surroundings in Kinshasa
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A walk on the Kinshasa golf course
A walk on the Kinshasa golf course
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Garden flowers photos
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Photos taken in the D. R. of Congo – Golf, Beach, Food
Taken in 2021
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More sunset pictures?! Oh boy!
Sorry. It seems that’s what most people want to see 🙂 I’ve got to give the people what they want 🙂 This is also the river loop!
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Sunset pictures again
People only want sunset pictures 🙂 The Kinshasa river loop is a popular spot to park and chill, to walk, to skateboard, to rollerblade, to run, to blast music, to play football (soccer). You bump into everyone 🙂
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Luki rainforest biosphere near Boma
Last weekend, with some friends, L and T, we went to a rainforest biosphere or reserve called Luki near Boma in the Democratic Republic of Congo. We drove from Kinshasa on Saturday morning. We arrived at around 8pm in Mangala/Luki after several calls to find the place. It took us 12-13 hours with an hour…
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Photos – Golf, Sunset, Traffic
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Kinshasa by night
Pictures of Kinshasa by night. The 24 Novembre or Liberation boulevard. Seen from a rooftop. Enjoy! 🙂
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Photos again – March 2021 – Kisantu, Matadi, Muanda
More DRC photos taken on the road between Kinshasa, Matadi, Kisantu, Muanda in March and April 2021. Enjoy 🙂 On the road between Kinshasa and Muanda, there are trucks, motorbikes, customs officials, police, toll gates. There isn’t much harassment if you’re lucky and don’t upset anyone… Motorbikes on the road Hills on the way to…
Emilio in Congo (DRC) 