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Congo Zaire, Muddy Road, 1984
Congo Zaire, Muddy Road, 1984
Congo Zaire, Muddy Road, 1984 - Gabrielle Faire and I took a truck from far eastern Zaire near Uganda to Kisangani on the Congo River. The roads were atrocious nearly the whole way, a reddish brown mud, as shown here. The truck drivers kept talking about "Kilometer 57." Finally one night we pulled in to "Kilometer 57", essentially a village by that name fifty-seven kilometers from Kisangani (Stanleyville). What was all the excitement about? Kilometer 57 was a brothel town! The drivers invited me to a girl right in front of Gabrielle. Politely, I declined.

 

All Pictures from Congo Zaire

Congo Zaire, Canoes at Sunset, 1984Congo Zaire, Children Being Goofy, 1984Congo Zaire, Colonel Ebeya Steamboat, 1984
 
Congo Zaire, Dead Monkeys for Consumption, 1984Congo Zaire, Fight on Riverboat, 1984Congo Zaire, Hair, 1984
 
Congo Zaire, Jeff Shea with Leopard Tooth Necklace, 1984Congo Zaire, The Longest Spiky Hair, 1984Congo Zaire, Mobutu, 1984
 
Congo Zaire, Mt. Hoyo Waterfall, 1984Congo Zaire, Muddy Road, 1984Congo Zaire, Pygmy Dance, 1984
 
Congo Zaire, River Boat with Barges, 1984Congo Zaire, Riverboat sunsetCongo Zaire, Roasted Monkey, 1984
 
Congo Zaire, Sweeping Maggots off a Monkey (to Eat), 1984Congo Zaire, Baboon On Riverboat, 1984 Congo Zaire, Monkey on Riverboat, 1984
 
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Congo Zaire, Children, 1984
 



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