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CONGO Part 1

I left for the airport early Tuesday morning at 5.30am. I flew to Entebbe in a regular plane and then on the smaller plane to Butembo and Beni in Democratic Republic of Congo (or DRC). This is the plane I was on. I went on the steps while another passenger was on it and I was told by the staff to wait as the steps can only take one person at a time!!

We arrived at the Beni "airport". This "airport" runway (or airstrip) is a dirt road!!
Our plane was refueled in Beni.
Our pilot talking to a fellow passenger. You can see that the plane is not very big at all...it's more like a bus - and it can seat 12 passengers. There were 9 of us and including the cargo, we were already 11 kilos overweight. We actually have to leave one passenger behind in Entebbe. I was glad I wasn't the one left behind as the next flight to Butembo is the following Tuesday!

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