Let me introduce you Pedro. I know, quite a weird name for a chimp in Congo. They usually are given the name of the place where they've been found. But Pedro is a special case. Carmen - the caretaker of our chimpanzee sanctuary - is Spanish. And Pedro...

This may be one of the many shocking things one can see in Congo. With very few cars, buses, trucks, or any other way of moving goods around, people have to carry their goods to/from the market on their back. Did I say people? I should have said women....

What would be a trip in Goma without a journey on the lake? Of course we got our Zodiac, but we can't go really far. We propose our friends a trip to Bukavu by boat. We shall thus enjoy the superb scenery from the middle of the lake. For 3 hours, on a...