Day 21
When we got up in the morning we were immediately informed that the big truck had still not made it up, so we were not in a hurry.
We had some more nice talks with Germain and his wife. We wanted to give him something as he had been so kind to us. We carry a small photo printer, so we decided to take a picture of them and print it off. When we told him we wanted to take a picture from him and his familiy he ran off quickly..
Half an hour later he came back, in a costume and shiny shoes. His wife was dressed up nicely and even the kids had their Sunday's clothes on. They looked fantastic!
The (tatty and tired looking) mundele on the right looks fantastic too! :wink: 8-)
School grounds usually have a lot of kids around. We counted them and stopped at 400. That's more then 800 prying eyes. Not just kids though, quite a few adults too.
If I had to choose one picture to describe our Congo trip, that would be the one!
We decided to drive back to the begining of the descending road, a few kilometers out of this village, in the hope to find some peace and quiet. That way we would also not loose too much time when the truck finally reaches the top.
When the truck finally reaches the top.
If the truck finally reaches the top.
With a bit of luck.
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At 6.30 that night we were parked next to Germain's house again. The truck did not make it up today..
Germain's wife was so pleased to see us again as she could thank us again for the picture we had given her. She had shown it to all her friends and was very proud of it.
Later that night somebody came to tell us that they were going to work trough the night to get the truck up.. So maybe we'd be able to move again tomorrow?
With a bit of luck...
