Day 127: Ready for Angola
Soutpiel Safari
John & Jenny
Fri 11 Mar 2011 18:51
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Day 127: Friday 11 March 2011. DRC border post at
Songololo. S05 49.911 E014 04.499 Distance driven 222 km. Total
distance 19,520
After a night of air-conditioning, in which I was too
cold, we had a leisurely start and a hotel breakfast then took off for
Matadi. Initially the road was pretty poor but it gradually got
better. Just outside Matadi we came over the hill and looked down on the
mighty Congo River and the Yugoslav constructed suspension bridge across to the
town. We filled up with diesel at 80p a litre and rolled on towards
Songololo on a good tar surface.
In Songololo there is a right turn to the border about
20 km down a dreadful track. We arrived at about 1530 and completed the
DRC exit formalities very easily before returning to Customs and camping
opposite their building. This means we shall be all ready to hit the
Angolan border when they open at 0800 tomorrow.
I am again suffering from prickly heat rash but Jenny
has a far more serious problem. About a week ago she got what we thought
were mosquito bites in a very sensitive and intimate area and she has been
driven mad with the pain and itching. We discovered today that they were
not mosquito bites but you'll have to read her account on her blog to get the
details if she wishes to reveal them!- www.getjealous.com/thesoutpielsafari
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