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Balthasar Odyssey

Balthasar's Odyssey, by Amin Maalouf This book is the story of Balthasar, a merchant from a Genoan family long resident in the Levant. His trade is books and curios; in 1665 he heads off on a journey that leads him across Europe in pursuit of a rare book,...

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16 août 2007

Bye Bye guys!!

We head back to Goma, and it's time for our friends to discover a bit of the nightlife here. It shall be a week-end of parties, barbecue, and parties. Good fun at Nono's, and our friends start learning a bit of Congolese dances. Looks as if they are more...

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15 août 2007

Dead Chimps

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14 août 2007

Museum of the Dead - part 2

You certainly remember the Museum of the Dead. We head there once again, so that our friends have a better understanding of the kind of research centres there used to be in colonial Congo. There are still some staff taking care of the place. But with...

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13 août 2007

Monkeys

In Lwiro one does only find chimpanzees, but also monkeys.

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11 août 2007

Hands and feet

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10 août 2007

Chimps behaviour

A chimp can be curious... or excited...

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9 août 2007

A chimp gentleman

Hey, chimps can be gentlemen! And here we go for this chimp to kiss my hand.

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8 août 2007

Pedro

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...

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6 août 2007

Heavy Load

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....

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