Photography
Photos I like
Photos, photos, photos and more photos 🙂
Photos in Nicaragua again
Pictures from various visits around Managua, San Juan Del Sur and Jinotega. Enjoy and leave a comment 🙂 Thanks!
Photos taken in the D. R. of Congo – Golf, Beach, Food
Taken in 2021
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…
Random photos of rain, plants, flowers and an apple pie
Here’s a bunch of pretty pics 😂
More photos of Kinshasa and surroundings
I was able to take a few photographs of Kinshasa from various places without getting harassed. Here they are. I hope you like them! Some are from Chacha, a rooftop bar in Gombe. Others are from Mon Béguin another rooftop bar in Gombe (with a yellow sunset) There’s also a picture of a colourful weird…
More photos of Kinshasa during Covid
More photos of Kinshasa during the curfew/Covid… Things haven’t changed much. Just masks, get home before 9pm. Parties start earlier now. Bars and restaurants are changing their hours. No one wants to sit at home.
Golf
Golfing in Lubumbashi
The Democratic Republic of Congo. Wars. Corruption. Power problems. Crazy traffic. Water scarcity. Poverty. But there are also other things: generous, kind and helpful people, music, art, culture, nature, history and so many more beautiful things that are often overlooked. One of them will surprise you. It is the Lubumbashi golf course.
A round of golf in Kinshasa video
Drone footage of the Kinshasa golf course in 2021
A walk on the Kinshasa golf course
A walk on the Kinshasa golf course
Photos taken in the D. R. of Congo – Golf, Beach, Food
Taken in 2021
Nicaragua
Sunsets from around the world
Sunset pictures from the DRC, South Africa, Nicaragua and Egypt
Pictures in Nicaragua again 2 – Gran Pacifica, Leon, Granada
Hey! Welcome to another wonderful post of mine! I’ll go through a few insights or information about the holiday resort Gran Pacifica and some pictures of the Cathedral in Leon and the islands of Granada. Gran Pacifica is a golf and beach resort with a beach front with houses and apartments for sale and for…
South Africa
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.
La routine machinale
La routine machinale et matinale
Home affairs in Randburg
Going to home affairs in Randburg in South Africa in 2022 for a lost ID
Restaurants and guides to the DRC
Recommended bars and restaurants in Kinshasa
Here are a few places I recommend in Kinshasa. You will quickly figure out that there aren’t too many places to go too but some are nice but somewhat overpriced compared to other places in the world! Avoid them when they are crowded! Try to go during office hours or really early. Most can…
Things to do around Kinshasa
So you’re in Kinshasa. What can you do outside the city? Here are a few.
A list of NGOs and other organisations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
There are thousands of non-profits, for-profits, non-governmental organizations, foreign and national programs to help the DRC out of poverty, to end wars, to stop malnutrition or to end corruption (among many other projects). Here is a non-exhaustive list of various NGOs and for-profit projects that are or have done significant work in the country…
Graffiti tour of Kinshasa
Have you seen graffiti in Kinshasa? Don’t think there is? Think again! Here are a few I saw around Kinshasa in Bandal. The artists I met, Chris and Malco, do it out of love for the art and need more fans and supporters. Drive around Kasavubu in Bandal on a Sunday to see these.…
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…
Music
Electro from D. R. Congo, France, Belgium and Canada!
Did you know that Canadians and Congolese love music and are collaborating to make great stuff? If not, please check out this group Moonshine.mu and DJ P2n (Instagram pages)…
Zamrock and Sahara blues
I discovered Zamrock today! So amazing! Thank you to the YouTube algorithm! From Wikipedia : “Zamrock is a musical genre that emerged in the 1970s in Zambia. It is…
Music in the DRC
A short history of Congolese (DRC) music with a few classic tracks
About me
Why do I write?
Why do I write? I don’t know. I guess I like it. Getting those thoughts on paper. Sharing ideas. Sharing thoughts. Trying to make sense of my life. Trying to write down messy ideas.
“Where are you from?”
This question gets asked a lot when I meet someone new. I have many versions of the answer depending on the person asking, my mood or the immediate environment. I can’t seem to answer the same thing every time. Why is this question important in the first place? Why is it asked? Is my accent…
Why I left the “West”
I wanted to leave the west so much that I left Canada even before properly finishing my studies. Don’t worry, I finished remotely! It’s not that I didn’t like it. I enjoyed my studies, my friends and generally liked my life over there. But I wasn’t happy. Or rather, I wasn’t satisfied. I was bored.…
Childhood memories in Congo
Here are some childhood memories from the 90s I still remember that I’m sure many others can relate to and that I hope I’ll never forget.
Sketches
Sketches from 2021
A short summary of my family’s history in Congo
Everyone calls me Emilio but my full name is Khalid Emilio. It’s Khalid because I’m of Indian descent and also Nicaraguan on my mother’s side. My father and his father (my grandfather), Sultan, came to the Belgian Congo in the 1950s with his brothers Badhur and Sadru. They were among the first Indian Ismailis (Nizari)…
List of blog posts
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Photographers of the Democratic Republic of Congo
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C’est pas le Congo!
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Traveling out of the DRC
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Meeting the Pope
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Another year in the DRC gone by
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A city stuck in traffic
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Visiting Jaune Congo, a farm outside Kinshasa
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A Kinshasa shopping guide
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Rains and rains and rains
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Discussion on power in the DRC
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Remote life
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On the road from Matadi to Kinshasa
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Hotel Metropole in Matadi
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Mama Lufuma, a single mother and child shelter in Matadi
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Israel (Tel Aviv and Kfar Hanokdim)
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Kinshasa : Fuel shortages, traffic and wewa godfathers
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Sunsets from around the world
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Pyramids golf course in Cairo?
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Egypt – part 2
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Egypt
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Emilio in Italy
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Dry season in Kinshasa
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Kinshasa botanical garden
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A short summary of my family’s history in Congo
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Childhood memories in Congo
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A real commute in Kinshasa
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A quiet Saturday
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Watching Kinshasa from a car window
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Things to do around Kinshasa
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A day in Johannesburg and Pretoria
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La routine machinale
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Home affairs in Randburg
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The Democratic Republic of Gombe
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Photos I like
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Monday
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Internet providers in the DRC
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Is it normal?
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Christmas in Congo
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A round of golf in Kinshasa video
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Random photos of rain, plants, flowers and an apple pie
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Pink Floyd and 24 Novembre
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Views of the boulevard from Seray restaurant
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Orages et jazz
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Vendredi 12 novembre 2021
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A walk on the Kinshasa golf course
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Living in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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Dating in Kinshasa
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Motorcycle adventures in Kinshasa
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Driving from Gombe to Limete
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Riding a moto taxi in Kinshasa
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Golfing in Lubumbashi
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Why do I write?
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Recette: Poulet à la moambe à la Tabuku