https://adventuresincongo.com/2017/06/18/class-2-in-quebec-or-didnt-you-already-learn-french/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_5120.jpgIMG_5120https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_5118.jpgIMG_5118https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_5103.jpgIMG_5103https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_5102.jpgIMG_5102https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_5095.jpgIMG_5095https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_5086.jpgIMG_5086https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_5068.jpgIMG_5068https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_5064.jpgIMG_5064Happy Father's Day, Dad! (Don't worry, I got him drinking local microbrews within a day or two...)https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_5063.jpgIMG_5063https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_5044.jpgIMG_50442021-10-24T20:16:50+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2019/12/19/goodbye-congo/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_5475-2.jpgIMG_5475 (2)https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_5475-1.jpgIMG_5475 (1)https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_5475.jpgIMG_54752020-03-07T17:50:04+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2019/09/06/the-ninth-year/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_4657.jpgIMG_4657And thank goodness for that, since THIS is our fruit & vegetable selection at our one and only grocery store. Onions, potatoes, garlic and sometimes ginger root are in a different part of the store, otherwise THIS IS IT. (Please go thank your local grocer today!)https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_4293.jpgIMG_4293A backyard screening of Office Space, under the papaya tree. That movie never gets old.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_1238.jpgIMG_1238Seb's department celebrating 1,000,000 meters drilled in May. He designed this one to resemble a drill bit, albeit a colorful one.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_0647.jpgIMG_0647Seb bought a fancy camera system for logging core, and then came up with this rig to make it even easier. Do I hear consulting contracts lining up?https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_2006.jpgIMG_2006Harvesting jackfruit in early November.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_5107.jpgIMG_5107Overlooking a parched cornfield, same trip.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_4092.jpgIMG_4092https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_4033.jpgIMG_4033Celebrating Chinese New Year in February. Most of these lanterns landed in nearby trees or bushes. Thankfully, everything is well-saturated this time of year.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_4020.jpgIMG_4020Friday night sundowners at the golf course in February, always at risk of a downpour.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_4019.jpgIMG_4019February is guava season! Making jam for the first time in several years, and missing the friends I used to make it with.2019-09-10T11:28:04+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/the-complete-tales/2018-10-02T12:07:43+00:00weekly0.6https://adventuresincongo.com/favorites/2018-10-02T11:57:15+00:00weekly0.6https://adventuresincongo.com/2018/10/02/the-eighth-year/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/sept2-2018.jpgSept2 2018https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/sept1-2018.jpgSept1 2018https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/sept-2017.jpgSept 2017https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/oct.jpgOcthttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/nov.jpgNovhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/may3.jpgMay3https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/may2.jpgMay2https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/may1.jpgMay1https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/march.jpgMarchhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/jan.jpgJan2018-10-08T23:46:11+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2011/09/01/one-year-in-congo/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/cimg14871.jpgCIMG14872018-10-02T06:52:36+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2012/09/02/2-years-in-congo/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/p1080169.jpgP1080169https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/p1080125.jpgmama cathttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/p1070834.jpgknock knockhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/p1070831.jpgle dang dindonhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/p1080215.jpgOlivier mid-smile2018-10-02T06:52:04+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2014/09/01/the-fourth-year/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_5685.jpgIMG_5685(November) Taking the guys from the Dept of State for a mine tour (I'mhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_5324.jpgIMG_5324(September 2013) Buying trinkets at an outdoor market in Lubumbashihttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_0628.jpgIMG_0628(July) Visiting the skeleton crew at a nearby exploration camp, about an hour awayhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_9801.jpgIMG_9801(May) Local sunflowers announcing the end of the rainy seasonhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_9662.jpgIMG_9662(April) Lucy and Zawadi checking each other outhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8671.jpgIMG_8671(March) Lucy the monkey loves the camera, and a good belly scratchhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8261.jpgIMG_8261(February) Valentine's Day dinner at the former company-sponsored South African restaurant about 30 minutes away, where you could cook your steak on a hot stonehttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8159.jpgIMG_8159(January) Homemade veterinary care for our Congolese kitty, Zawadi (and why we left our spoiled American one at home)https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_7726.jpgIMG_7726Compared to our first trip in the green season of December (and the banner photo of Adventures in Congo)https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_7613.jpgIMG_7613(December) Watching the rain clouds roll in while having a beer at our favorite perch in town, the third story of the Indian-run Hotel Best Palace2018-10-02T06:51:26+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2015/02/16/sunday-scenes/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_86831.jpgIMG_8683https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_4069.jpgIMG_4069https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_4070.jpgIMG_4070Free-range chicken for sale.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_87501.jpgIMG_8750And across the street, a gas station. (Plus shoe shop.)https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_5249.jpgIMG_5249Local entrepreneurship.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_2653.jpgIMG_2653Women selling mushrooms.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9950.jpgIMG_9950https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_8748.jpgIMG_8748https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_8728.jpgIMG_8728https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_8717.jpgIMG_8717Pigs, chickens, and washed-out roads after a big rain.2018-10-02T06:50:58+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2015/09/01/the-fifth-year/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_7799.jpgIMG_7799https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_8922.jpgIMG_8922(Jan 2015) Harvesting jackfruit.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_7445.jpgIMG_7445(Dec 2014) Little antelopes called dik-diks kept as pets at a driller's camp.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_7368.jpgIMG_7368(Nov 2014) Flamboyants in full bloom.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_7133.jpgIMG_7133(Sept 2014) Seb made a new friend at the office, scaring the pants off every Congolese who came near. (No idea why they're afraid of chameleons, but they are.)https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_4558.jpgIMG_4558(Feb 2015) After an all-morning power outage, resorting to making my coffee over hot coals.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_4225.jpgIMG_4225(Jan 2015) A new year's kickoff dinner for Seb's team on our back porch (catered, thankfully).https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_2585.jpgIMG_2585(Oct 2014) Our herpetologist/doctor giving a lecture about all the snakes around these parts, many of which he's kept in his freezer.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_1175.jpgIMG_1175(Sept 2014) Practicing for the upcoming potjie competition at a friend's house.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_7564.jpgIMG_7564(July 2015) Seb and I celebrating USA's independence day with beer, hot dogs, and crazy fashion purchased in Fungurume back in 2010.2018-10-02T06:50:07+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2016/10/04/the-sixth-year/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0718-1.jpgimg_0718-1April 2016: Shopping for vegetables at the market in Fungurume with friend Colleen, her last visit before retirement and return to Australia. We never found the occasion (or courage) to try these insects!https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_2786.jpgimg_2786September 2016: I am beyond lucky to have had the world's best cat sitter watch my sweet Chyna for the past six years! Now she is back in Arizona with new friends, who I have no doubt will match the kindness, patience, and love he showed her. Infinite thanks to Rob, Stacie, Debbie and Jeff.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_2671.jpgimg_2671August 2016: On our morning walks we occasionally mingle with tree-cutters, charcoal-makers, and farmers -- all of whom still do their work by handhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_2664.jpgimg_2664Sunrisehttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_2639.jpgimg_2639August 2016: Out hiking in the bush every other morning with friend Laura -- a new luxury, something we couldn't do at base camphttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_2630.jpgimg_2630August 2016: We often follow an outer fence line, a housing-expansion project the company started but never finished. All the fence posts were quickly cut down by locals, who are always on the lookout for free building materialshttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_2612.jpgimg_2612August 2016: Getting the new house set up, including new scratches in the furniture after a rough movehttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_2590.jpgimg_2590August 2016: Christening the "fire pit" (soon to be properly sunken) at our first Whiskey Wednesdayhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_1185.jpgimg_1185June 2016: One of many beautiful Tuscan scenes, this one during one of our hiking dayshttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_2586.jpgimg_2586July 2016: And another at the golf course, where we like to have sundowners with old friends and new neighbors2018-10-02T06:49:29+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2017/09/10/the-seventh-year/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_5406.jpgIMG_54062018-10-02T06:49:01+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2017/12/01/pigeon-pie/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/screen-shot-2017-11-30-at-12-19-32-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-11-30 at 12.19.32 PMhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5659.jpgIMG_5659https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5656.jpgIMG_56562017-12-02T15:44:24+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2017/11/23/a-comment-about-comments-and-a-note-of-thanks/2018-01-05T07:48:36+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2017/11/19/first-harvests/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_7170.jpgIMG_7170https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_6862.jpgIMG_6862https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_7176.jpgIMG_7176November 6: Perfectionhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_7084.jpgIMG_7084Our banana-ripening getuphttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_7081.jpgIMG_7081October 28: The bananas are ready.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_6336.jpgIMG_6336August 6: Flower harvest time!https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_6222.jpgIMG_6222July 6: Checking the progress after returning from a safari trip to Zimbabwe.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_6009.jpgIMG_6009https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5975.jpgIMG_5975https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_6246.jpgIMG_6246Even the herb garden came together! Cilantro, parsley, basil, Vietnamese mint & other herbs, little jackfruit seedlings, two huge lemongrass shrubs, an aloe you can't see, and yes -- another papaya.2017-11-22T22:22:42+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2017/07/20/everybody-loves-a-parade/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/image.jpgImagehttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cimg0942.jpgCIMG0942https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cimg1130.jpgCIMG1130https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cimg1118.jpgCIMG1118https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cimg1116.jpgCIMG1116https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cimg1113.jpgCIMG1113https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cimg1110.jpgCIMG1110https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cimg1107.jpgCIMG1107https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cimg1104.jpgCIMG1104https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cimg1103.jpgCIMG11032017-07-22T02:03:51+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/learning-french/2017-06-18T14:39:35+00:00weekly0.6https://adventuresincongo.com/2014/10/12/how-the-brain-is-badly-wired/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sebpie1.jpgSebPiehttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sebspongebrick.jpgSebSpongeBrick2017-06-18T09:05:22+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2017/04/27/composting/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_5767.jpgIMG_5767Seb made me a nice bottomless tin container for composting (more for him than me, as I was ready to just create a pile on the bare lawn)2017-05-29T12:04:29+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2017/04/20/any-time-is-socca-time/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_5762.jpgIMG_5762The socca pan vendor in Nice told me over and over again, "Never wash it!" But I can't not wash it. Maybe one day it'll be back to the old cake tin for me.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_5763.jpgIMG_5763Lemon wedges (in Congo our lemons are green) optional.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_5765.jpgIMG_5765https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_5403.jpgIMG_5403https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_5678.jpgIMG_5678I bought this chickpea flour thinking it might be special, or somehow better suited to making socca than regular chickpea flour, but as far as I can tell the contents are no different. But still glad to have it as our Lebanese shop visits have become very rare.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_5753.jpgIMG_5753The infamous pan, after a few turns in my oven. It's 13 inches across and weighs over 3 pounds.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/screen-shot-2017-04-20-at-9-28-39-am.pngScreen Shot 2017-04-20 at 9.28.39 AMI forgot to take my own photos while there, but our socca that day looked a lot like this one.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_5754.jpgIMG_5754They were closed for winter, and not to reopen before my time in France was up!https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_5680.jpgIMG_56802017-05-29T12:11:59+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2016/10/19/dodging-hurricanes/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_3465-1.jpgIMG_3465 (1)2017-04-01T11:16:58+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2017/04/01/hello-again-or-should-i-say-nihao/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_1493-1.jpgDSC_1493 (1)https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_5495-1.jpgIMG_5495 (1)https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_5451.jpgIMG_5451https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_5466.jpgIMG_5466https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_5623.jpgIMG_5623Showing Olivier a photo of himself as a baby on my phone.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_5598.jpgIMG_5598https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_5555.jpgIMG_55552017-04-09T20:34:16+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2017/01/15/bonne-annee-de-la-cote-dazur/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_4980.jpgimg_49802017-02-02T22:06:12+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2015/06/02/embarrassing-embrasses/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/hillary.pngTrue that.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/obama1.jpgSlightly awkward.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/mccain1.jpgPretty darn awkward.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/kerry1.jpgkerryOMG, WHAT IS HAPPENING???2017-02-02T21:55:49+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2014/02/10/getting-schooled-in-the-congo/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/school-kids-in-congo-vs-usa1.jpgschool kids in Congo vs USAhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_8224.jpgIMG_8224second gradershttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_8222.jpgIMG_8222visual aidshttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_8221.jpgIMG_8221first gradershttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_8220.jpgIMG_8220Fromage!!https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_8219.jpgIMG_8219starting to wonder what I'm laughing athttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_8218.jpgIMG_8218nor herehttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_8217.jpgIMG_8217no smiles herehttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_8193.jpgIMG_8193Your new pen pals live here, in Kansas2017-02-02T20:20:04+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2012/11/17/assholes-on-planes/2017-01-31T22:08:23+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2015/06/16/a-thank-you-letter-to-my-mom-on-her-birthday/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/cimg3003.jpgCIMG3003even the strikes have gotten more polite... apparently they take shifts striking as we noticed zero slowdownhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/cimg2069.jpgCIMG2069Notre-Dame at nighthttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/cimg2011.jpgCIMG2011https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/cimg2092.jpgCIMG2092St-Germain-des-Préshttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/cimg2921.jpgCIMG2921Paris... paradise for little dogs and their humanshttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/cimg2680.jpgCIMG2680mural at Roger la Grenouille, a fantastic dinner spothttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1305.jpgIMG_1305Le mur des je t'aime, features "I love you" in 250 languageshttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1301.jpgIMG_1301a restaurant also just outside my window (I could have stayed forever)https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1300.jpgIMG_1300Collignon's market from Améliehttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1299.jpgIMG_1299Moulin de la Galette, immortalized by Renoir and Van Gogh, among others2017-01-31T21:39:02+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2016/12/14/happy-holidays-from-the-desert/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_4374.jpgimg_4374The view from my apartment, under an almost-full moon.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_4089.jpgimg_4089George the mountain lion, the mascot of Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_3121.jpgimg_3121One of Tucson's creative neighborhoods. https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_4350.jpgimg_4350https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_4345.jpgimg_4345https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_4338.jpgimg_4338https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_4168.jpgimg_4168Tucson is surrounded by five mountain ranges, and two national saguaro forests.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_3126.jpgimg_3126The desert in September, after a heavy monsoon season.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_3874.jpgimg_3874https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_2742.jpgimg_2742Sonoran hot dog!2016-12-26T21:28:40+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2016/12/12/news-from-congo-and-tucson/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/screen-shot-2016-12-13-at-1-43-18-pm.pngscreen-shot-2016-12-13-at-1-43-18-pm2016-12-26T21:48:27+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2016/08/04/goodbye-base-camp/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_2479.jpgIMG_2479Where are you guys going?2016-09-29T18:25:38+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2016/07/06/home-again/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_1109.jpgIMG_11092016-08-04T10:45:07+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2016/06/16/ciao/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_1082.jpgIMG_10822016-06-18T01:01:39+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/congo-river-trip/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/screen-shot-2016-06-10-at-8-08-10-am.pngScreen Shot 2016-06-10 at 8.08.10 AM2016-06-16T08:35:06+00:00weekly0.6https://adventuresincongo.com/2016/06/15/mbandaka-welcome-to-the-jungle/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dsc_8329.jpgDSC_8329Avocados and cassava, maybe? Not sure. But I'm still taking posture lessons from these beautiful ladies!https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_9723.jpgIMG_9723Happy to leave these behind with the hotel clerk, after making contact with the family. I heard later everything made it to them just fine.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dsc_8784.jpgDSC_8784Selling sweet potatoeshttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dsc_8760.jpgDSC_8760Most people were super friendly and just wanted to say hihttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dsc_8713.jpgDSC_8713Leopards were common, toohttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dsc_8712.jpgDSC_8712"It's no good to rush... no rush"https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dsc_8710.jpgDSC_8710https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dsc_8704.jpgDSC_8704https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dsc_8699.jpgDSC_8699The theme of white people and guns was very commonhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dsc_8689.jpgDSC_8689Notice the mermaid2024-07-16T21:41:00+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2016/06/13/kinshasa-a-city-of-surprises/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0979-1.jpgIMG_0979 (1)... and down. Found it strangely beautiful in the early morning light.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0977-1.jpgIMG_0977 (1)We kept ourselves occupied taking photos of our view up the street...https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0981.jpgIMG_0981https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dsc_8176.jpgDSC_8176Anything works as a taxi!https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dsc_8080.jpgDSC_8080https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_9707.jpgIMG_9707We managed to hit the city center right when everything came to a complete stop.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_9691.jpgIMG_9691We might have to find a boat to cross this river in front of our hotel, though...https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_9686.jpgIMG_9686Seven minutes before 6am. No transportation has arrived, no Ernest.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_9642.jpgIMG_9642First impressions of the city as seen from the air: lots of pretty hills all around, lots of trees, long wide streets, doesn’t look bad at all. (These impressions would turn out to be both true and false.) On the other side of the plane we could spot our reason for coming: The Congo River!https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0329.jpgIMG_03292020-11-19T06:04:30+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2016/06/10/a-resolution-a-warning-and-a-prologue/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sketch.jpgsketchhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_97731.jpgIMG_97732016-06-13T21:46:39+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2016/03/11/rollin-on-the-congo-river-a-story-of-silver-linings/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/screen-shot-2016-03-08-at-8-48-42-pm1.pngScreen Shot 2016-03-08 at 8.48.42 PMhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_0287.jpgIMG_02872016-06-08T07:44:19+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2016/05/17/liberation-day/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_1791.jpgIMG_17912016-05-22T15:09:41+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2016/05/08/mothers-day-congo-style/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_5251.jpgIMG_5251Heading to the well, water jugs in tow.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cimg9926.jpgCIMG9926Rain or shine, the work never ends.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0868.jpgIMG_0868Beautiful greens (and posture).https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_6017.jpgIMG_6017Viviane with the kids for a visit.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p1080380.jpgP1080380Carrying water uphill.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0720.jpgIMG_0720One of our favorite ladies from the local Fungurume market. She's always there selling something (peanuts, lately) with a huge smile for us.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0053.jpgIMG_0053This grandmother from our Congo River trip asked us to take her photo. Twenty minutes later, she went fishing, piloting her own pirogue on the river, standing in the narrow canoe with perfect balance and rowing with incredible strength.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_8591-1.jpgIMG_8591 (1)2016-05-14T02:41:12+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2016/04/21/a-fleeting-moment-of-zen/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_0691.jpgIMG_06912016-04-24T11:26:18+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2016/02/25/congo-cooking-lessons/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_9288.jpgIMG_9288my attempt at Muamba Nsusu (Congo Chicken & Peanut Soup), with lenga-lenga (by now my preferred local green) and Viviane's fufuhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_9285.jpgIMG_9285when it comes to palm oil, they say it adds a flavor you can't find elsewhere -- but also, only a dab will do!https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_7801.jpgIMG_7801Seb had peanut chicken (not as tasty as mine), fufu/bucari and sombehttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/chicken-mwambesp-at-park-hotel.jpgChicken Mwambe(sp?) at Park HotelChicken Mwambe, yummy plantains & sombe at Park Hotel, downtown Lubumbashihttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_9970.jpgIMG_9970fufu with lenga-lenga, the dried fish, and watermelon, which is a rare find around here -- Viviane had never had it beforehttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dsc_7316.jpgDSC_7316the finished product before cooking ithttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dsc_7271.jpgDSC_7271we took turns pounding the leaves along with some peppers & onionshttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dsc_7264.jpgDSC_7264friends choosing the tenderest leaves and stems of the cassava/manioc planthttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dsc_7258.jpgDSC_7258Viviane charring the wood to make the mortar & pestle usable; Olivier & Zawadi looking onhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dsc_7136.jpgDSC_7136the "unagi" of central Africa: Kabambale, or smoked river catfish2018-01-17T16:01:33+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2016/01/28/waste-not-want-not/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2179.jpg2179So we usually end up buying our produce at the village market. A linguistic, cultural, and food adventure!https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_9316.jpgIMG_9316Compare the featured photo at the top, taken in Arizona in 2013, to this, the produce department of our one and only grocery store in town. (And this is on a good day, just after a delivery.)https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_4616.jpgIMG_4616The bees and things left over after filtering ithttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_4615.jpgIMG_4615Local honey in a "recycled" water bottle, which are constantly disappearing from trash cans all over base camphttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_8864.jpgIMG_8864Or dried caterpillarshttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_7841.jpgIMG_7841Like smoked monkey, or snakeshttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_9327.jpgIMG_9327Can you blame me?https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_9111.jpgIMG_9111https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_4271.jpgIMG_4271https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_0179.jpgIMG_0179The reject pile2016-03-08T16:14:17+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2016/01/25/plantain-panoply/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_9321.jpgIMG_9321Fried Plantains in a Yogurt Sauce, from Reza's Indian Spicehttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_8579.jpgIMG_8579Coconut Rice with Black Beans, Plantains, and Mango Salsahttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_8562.jpgIMG_8562Cod Stew with black beans, plantains, tomatoes, spinach, almonds and sesame seeds -- from Libya (better than it sounds, or looks)https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_8468-1.jpgIMG_8468 (1)Spicy plantain chipshttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_8435.jpgIMG_8435https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_8433.jpgIMG_8433https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_8431.jpgIMG_8431tilapia in a chile-ginger-garlic-cilantro oil...https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_8465.jpgIMG_8465https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_8426.jpgIMG_8426https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_8421.jpgIMG_8421Mmm, raw onions and boiled chicken gizzards!2016-01-31T17:53:40+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2015/04/23/callaloo-and-a-recipe-too/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/amaranth-greens-amarantes-lenga-lenga.jpgAmaranth Greens-Amarantes-Lenga-Lenga2016-01-25T13:54:22+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2016/01/16/i-give-you-good-price/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/centreville.jpgcentrevilleAnother outdoor malachite market, downtown Lubumbashi, September 2013. This one is less crazy-making than Ruashi, but only slightly.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/tailorsseb.jpgtailorsSebThey were especially thrilled to meet Seb, the man behind much of their income: making sample bags for the geology department.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/tailorsjen.jpgtailorsJenhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/tailor-bags2.jpgtailor bags2Local tailors presenting their finished product, custom-made shoulder bags. Association Couturière pour la Relance de la Femme Rural, Fungurume, November 2011.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/tailor-bags.jpgtailor bagsLater in 2011 I took the other ladies to meet the tailors, and we've been giving them business (dresses, purses, bags, etc.) ever since. (This woman in particular has a beautiful face that reminds me of my grandma...)https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ruashi2.jpgRuashi2Not the most flattering photo of me, but I think it shows the intensity of the situation, with multiple vendors crowding in, all wanting to help and offering their "good price."https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ruashi.jpgRuashiBack in 2011, one of my earliest "negotiation" attempts... the fellow on the left with the big belly told me he was "hungry" when I gave him my preferred price for the statue. I patted him on the belly and said, "I don't think so." This made him and everyone around him laugh, thankfully. I think I still overpaid, though.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/malachite-earrings.jpgmalachite earrings2016-01-25T18:48:12+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2016/01/12/recovering-from-christmas-vacation/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/1.jpgKansas City's Union Station2016-01-25T14:35:56+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2015/10/13/welcome-home/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_7930.jpgIMG_79302016-01-02T15:31:55+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2015/11/17/immersion-controversy/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn0197.jpgDSCN0197Really. This is me wondering why they're giving me a certificate, and imagining what I'd like to do with it.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_1919.jpgIMG_19192015-11-25T21:55:14+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2014/09/09/where-im-at/2015-11-17T13:36:33+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2011/05/06/2-weeks-in-south-africa/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/cimg0058.jpgCIMG0058https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sa-itinerary.pngSA Itinerary2015-09-03T15:39:44+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2011/05/20/mpumalanga-or-where-god-must-live/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p1040634.jpgP1040634https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p1040747.jpgP1040747https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p1040746.jpgP1040746https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p1040735.jpgP1040735https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p1040723.jpgP1040723https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p1040722.jpgP1040722https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p1040720.jpgP1040720a band of mongooseshttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p1040713.jpgP1040713the spahttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p1040702.jpgP1040702outdoor seating at the lodgehttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p1040688.jpgP1040688self-portrait at the waterfall2015-09-03T15:06:21+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2011/05/16/safariday2/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/p1030978.jpgP1030978https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/p1030995.jpgP1030995https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/cimg0457.jpgCIMG0457https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/p1030994.jpgP1030994group of impala, M on the rearhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/p1040020.jpgP1040020group of kudu, love their white stripes and face markingshttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/p1040016.jpgP1040016male kuduhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/cimg0391.jpgCIMG0391a big boyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/cimg0382.jpgCIMG0382sometimes we race ahead to get a good view (even Gary takes a photo)--the lion is not phasedhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/cimg0364.jpgCIMG0364tracking him through the bushhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p1040093.jpgP1040093another black rhino and youngster -- we only seem to spot them at night2015-09-03T14:41:20+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2011/05/15/malamala-safari-or-dont-pet-the-cats-here/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p1030894.jpgP1030894white rhino mother and childhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p1030834.jpgP1030834not quite the same thinghttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p1040401.jpgP1040401Safari-worthy equipmenthttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p1030892.jpgP1030892https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p1030855.jpgP1030855spotted hyenahttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p1030842.jpgP1030842first leopard sightinghttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p1030819.jpgP1030819https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p1030926.jpgP1030926https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p1030920.jpgP1030920https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p1030912.jpgP1030912looks like a full belly, thankfully2015-09-03T14:18:04+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2011/05/14/cape-town/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/cimg0295.jpgCIMG0295glad we made ithttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/cimg0241.jpgCIMG0241the V&A Waterfronthttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p1030811.jpgP1030811clearly dancing to a different drummerhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_1036.jpgIMG_1036clearing up as the sun starts to sethttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_1034.jpgIMG_1034cable car going uphttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/cimg0292.jpgCIMG0292looking out over the cityhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/cimg0291.jpgCIMG0291Devil's Peakhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/cimg0264.jpgCIMG0264Lion's Headhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/cimg0256.jpgCIMG0256the tablecloth forminghttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/cimg0236.jpgCIMG02362015-09-03T14:02:32+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2011/05/07/knysna-or-getting-there-is-the-hard-part/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/p1030482.jpgP1030482black howler monkeyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/cimg0005.jpgCIMG0005https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p1030500.jpgP1030500cliffside neighborhoodhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p1030499.jpgP1030499the Knysna Headshttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/cimg9996.jpgCIMG9996https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/cimg9990.jpgCIMG9990the view waiting for us the next morninghttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/cimg0047.jpgCIMG0047https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/cimg0046.jpgCIMG0046https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/cimg0040.jpgCIMG0040https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/cimg0024.jpgCIMG00242015-09-03T13:38:02+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2015/08/24/potjie-picking/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_1433.jpgIMG_1433A glass of wine was about the only "judges' bribe" I received...https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/thumb_img_1193_1024.jpgthumb_IMG_1193_1024The prizes keep getting more elaboratehttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_1457.jpgIMG_1457Overall winners... FINALLY, actual South Africans!!!https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_1454.jpgIMG_1454Winners of the "People's Choice" categoryhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_1382.jpgIMG_1382T3 drillers managed to get their name and their drill bits into their signhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_7127_1024.jpgIMG_7127_1024The third place vegetarians: Laura, Colleen, Russ & Rosshttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_7123_1024.jpgIMG_7123_1024Sodexo and their braaihttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_7122_1024.jpgIMG_7122_1024First placehttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_7083_1024.jpgIMG_7083_1024The Indonesians had a nice theme going, toohttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_7077_1024.jpgIMG_7077_1024Ross tending his garden2015-09-05T12:57:13+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2015/07/28/give-peace-a-glance/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/screen-shot-2015-07-28-at-2-58-01-pm1.pngScreen Shot 2015-07-28 at 2.58.01 PMhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/screen-shot-2015-07-28-at-2-57-57-pm1.pngScreen Shot 2015-07-28 at 2.57.57 PMhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/screen-shot-2015-07-28-at-3-16-07-pm.pngScreen Shot 2015-07-28 at 3.16.07 PMhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/screen-shot-2015-07-28-at-2-58-11-pm.pngScreen Shot 2015-07-28 at 2.58.11 PMhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/screen-shot-2015-07-28-at-2-58-10-pm.pngScreen Shot 2015-07-28 at 2.58.10 PMhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/screen-shot-2015-07-28-at-2-58-04-pm.pngScreen Shot 2015-07-28 at 2.58.04 PM2015-07-31T16:42:25+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2015/07/15/nerd-humor-and-other-untranslatable-things/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_76131.jpgIMG_7613comma comma comma... oh forget ithttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_7614.jpgIMG_76142015-07-17T20:42:35+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2015/07/11/lets-talk-about-boobs/2015-07-18T17:17:43+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2015/06/21/church-hopping/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_2254.jpgIMG_2254playing pétanque by night at the Marseille Cathedralhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_2338.jpgIMG_2338old and new in Marseillehttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_2164.jpgIMG_2164https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_17261.jpgIMG_1726https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_17141.jpgIMG_1714https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1705.jpgIMG_1705one of the stations of the cross, with the chapel and gold star in the backgroundhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1964.jpgIMG_1964the village of Moustiers-Ste.-Mariehttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/cimg24511.jpgCIMG2451old vs new in Saint-Raphaelhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_2296.jpgIMG_2296https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/p1050741.jpgP1050741with my friend (who looks super stylish!) in front of the Carcassonne cathedral2015-07-06T18:40:49+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2015/06/10/studying-the-french-riviera-and-learning-some-french-too/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/cimg2661.jpgCIMG2661The waterfront was lovely, but in the end it was the back streets that stole my heart...https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/cimg2655.jpgCIMG2655Colorful buildings, flowers...https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/cimg2601.jpgCIMG2601Swimming hole in Villefranche... a bit too cold for me in mid Octoberhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/cimg2551.jpgCIMG2551Sunset while walking from Villefranche to Nice one eveninghttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/cimg2541.jpgCIMG2541The view from our classroom vied for our attentionhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/cimg2381.jpgCIMG2381The view from my friend Yvette's apartment. I was closer to the school, but she was closer to the action!https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/cimg2664.jpgCIMG2664A quiet cobblestone alleyway in Villefranche-sur-Merhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/cimg2418.jpgCIMG2418https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/cimg2367.jpgCIMG23672015-06-10T20:53:51+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2015/05/10/till-you-find-your-dream/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/screen-shot-2015-05-08-at-5-20-12-pm1.pngScreen Shot 2015-05-08 at 5.20.12 PMBecoming increasingly challenging toward the end.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/screen-shot-2015-05-08-at-5-19-37-pm1.pngScreen Shot 2015-05-08 at 5.19.37 PMAn example from early in the class.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_5232.jpgIMG_5232Seems appropriate.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/screen-shot-2015-05-08-at-5-20-12-pm.pngScreen Shot 2015-05-08 at 5.20.12 PMBecoming increasingly challenging toward the end.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/screen-shot-2015-05-08-at-5-19-37-pm.pngScreen Shot 2015-05-08 at 5.19.37 PMAn example from early in the class.2015-05-13T14:45:28+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2015/04/02/on-snoozefests-and-shitholes/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_1189.jpgIMG_11892015-04-18T14:56:30+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2015/03/28/shopping-by-the-planeload/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/cimg1363.jpgCIMG1363Sambuca with the girls, July 2011.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_4038.jpgIMG_4038https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_2784.jpgIMG_2784Our fearless pilots.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_1186.jpgIMG_1186Flying into Lubumbashi.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_1048.jpgIMG_1048https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_1043.jpgIMG_1043https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_1037.jpgIMG_1037https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_0517.jpgIMG_0517and this bar...https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_0313.jpgIMG_0313Some of the places in Lubumbashi are super nice, like this new bakery/restaurant...https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9981.jpgIMG_9981But it's better than the alternative selection... (I snuck this photo of one of the freezers at one of the shops)2015-04-18T14:33:46+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2015/03/20/learning-to-cook/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_46721.jpgIMG_46722015-04-18T14:10:33+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2015/03/17/where-were-at-2/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/map-of-africa.pngmap of Africahttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_4610.jpgIMG_46102015-03-21T12:54:10+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2014/02/18/geography-take-ii/2015-03-17T14:40:19+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/newest-stories/2015-03-14T07:13:27+00:00weekly0.6https://adventuresincongo.com/2015/03/08/lions-and-tigers-and-bbq-goat-2/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/cimg9676.jpgCIMG9676There are 5 chimps climbing the tree way in the back!https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/cimg9666.jpgCIMG96662015-04-18T14:47:35+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2015/01/06/cleaning-lessons-take-2/2015-02-20T06:45:15+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2015/02/12/village-visit/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_42711.jpgIMG_4271Clean patio with charcoal stove and a carpenter's work-in-progress,https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_42691.jpgIMG_4269Olivier the bodyguard.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_42651.jpgIMG_4265The kids showing off.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_42411.jpgIMG_4241The proud family.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_42331.jpgIMG_4233Stale cones and milk-powder ice "cream," but kept surprisingly cold in that little cart.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_42071.jpgIMG_4207Djeni at my house just days before turning one. Could she possibly be any cuter? I’m totally changing my name to match hers.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_4271.jpgIMG_4271Clean patio with charcoal stove and a carpenter's work-in-progress,https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_4269.jpgIMG_4269Olivier the bodyguard.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_4265.jpgIMG_4265The kids showing off.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_4241.jpgIMG_4241The proud family.2015-03-19T08:40:02+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2015/02/11/the-rains-down-in-africa/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_2627hilg23.jpgIMG_2627HiLg23A cleaner Lucy saying hello one day in November. How does she pass night after night and storm after storm in nothing but the swaying bamboo patch outside?https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_26271.jpgIMG_2627A cleaner Lucy saying hello one day in November. How does she pass night after night and storm after storm in nothing but the swaying bamboo patch outside?https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sun.pngsunIt's not like living near the Arctic Circle or anything, but there's a definite downer happening here.https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/rain.pngrainDry vs Wet Seasons (chart is mine using data from http://www.lubumbashi.climatemps.com/graph.php)https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/temps.pngtempshttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_2632hilg.jpgIMG_2632HiLg2015-02-20T06:31:40+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2011/02/08/tenke-school-visit/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/no-desks.jpgno deskshttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/classroom1.jpgclassroomhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/teacher.jpgteacherhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/kids.jpgat the chalkboardhttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/happy-kids.jpghappy kids2015-02-11T07:16:55+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2015/02/10/the-real-desperate-housewives/2015-02-20T06:43:17+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2010/12/11/singapore-air-rocks/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/just-a-snack.jpgjust a snackThis meal they considered just a "snack"2015-01-13T08:45:36+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2015/01/05/cleaning-lessons/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2183.jpg2183https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_4761.jpgIMG_4761Jackfruits can weigh up to 80 pounds, and this looks like a big one. I can't imagine that kind of pressure on my neck. This woman (taken in Uganda) is all muscle!https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_4199.jpgIMG_4199Viviane posing for this story. She's not quite as limber as she used to be after two kids, but can still touch the floor no problem. She was still able to do this 8 months pregnant.2015-02-14T06:22:20+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2014/12/07/introducing-baby-jenie/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_99141.jpgIMG_99144 monthshttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_9914.jpgIMG_9914https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_9688.jpgIMG_9688https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_8784.jpgIMG_8784https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_4710.jpgIMG_4710https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_4468.jpgIMG_4468https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_2765.jpgIMG_2765https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_2503.jpgIMG_250310 monthshttps://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_2481.jpgIMG_2481https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_0722.jpgIMG_07226 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my!https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_2695.jpgIMG_26952014-11-26T21:28:33+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2014/11/17/mole-monday/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_73951.jpgIMG_7395https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/cimg0196.jpgCIMG0196https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_7395.jpgIMG_7395https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_2689.jpgIMG_2689https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_2687.jpgIMG_2687https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_2683.jpgIMG_2683https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_2678.jpgIMG_2678https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_2677.jpgIMG_2677https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_2676.jpgIMG_2676https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_2662ml.jpgIMG_2662ML2014-11-26T21:22:02+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2014/10/16/fun-with-rosetta-stone/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/screen-shot-2011-08-29-at-9-38-15-am1.pngScreen 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22014-10-26T23:36:31+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2014/10/05/raining-figs/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_2472.jpgIMG_2472https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_2470.jpgIMG_2470https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_9651.jpgIMG_9651https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_2425.jpgIMG_2425https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_2424.jpgIMG_2424https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_2421.jpgIMG_2421https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_2413.jpgIMG_2413https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_2412.jpgIMG_2412https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_2410.jpgIMG_2410https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_2408.jpgIMG_24082014-10-18T08:42:36+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2014/08/26/ebola-hapa/2014-09-04T07:08:28+00:00monthlyhttps://adventuresincongo.com/2014/08/18/introducing-baby-seb/https://adventuresincongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_9718.jpgIMG_9718Jen's 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