Category: traffic
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Dead bodies, filth, chaos, traffic, mangoes and corrupt cops. Another day in Kinshasa
I drove. Sorry, I didn’t drive. I was driven from Gombe to Limete to meet a client this morning. On the way there, we saw a dead body, motorcycles taking over our lane, some were even being picked up onto the sidewalks to avoid the traffic! There were also huge piles of garbage left and…
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On the road from Matadi to Kinshasa
Photographs of a drive from Matadi to Kinshasa
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Kinshasa : Fuel shortages, traffic and wewa godfathers
You wake up and step outside and notice a massive queue of cars around the block at the fuel station next door. You’re not sure what the cause is. You hear it is about unpaid government fuel subsidies, the war in Ukraine or some other confusing issue with fuel companies.
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A real commute in Kinshasa
Maybe you wake up at 6am, have a shower, a coffee, a quick toast and a banana, then you get in your car for 10 to 20 minutes to get to the office. Your commute can arguably be considered as “pleasant” and “straightforward”.
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La routine machinale
La routine machinale et matinale
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Driving from Gombe to Limete
A description of a typical drive through Kinshasa
Emilio in Congo (DRC) 