This is the city of Butembo ( I don't know why this sentence is underscored!!)
Was trying to take a picture of myself and a typical house in DRC in the background - a mud hut
Was trying to take a picture of myself and a typical house in DRC in the background - a mud hut
This is the kitchen where our food is cooked. Food is cooked mostly with either charcoal or firewood.
This young man is reaching out to the Pygmies. We bought him the motorbike so he can travel into the forests to minister to the various pygmy camps in the forest. We imported the motorbike from China last October. It was good to see the motorbike for myself. He has kept it well and it still look almost new. By the way, most of the goods here i.e clothes, plastic wares, kitchen utensils, beddings, electronics are all from China!
This is the "city centre" of Butembo. Beni and Butembo are 50km apart - 50kms of very bumpy "roads" if you can call them roads. The days that we travelled between the cities - I ached all over :-)
In the photo above, you see these "motorbike" looking contraption on your right....they are actually made of wood and has a front wheel and a back wheel. They do look somewhat like a motorbike but are use for transporting goods - bags of beans, charcoal, etc. The owner will have to push the "vehicle" from one destination to another. I have another picture that will show the side profile.
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