I have put together a little Do and Do Not do list for anyone traveling to the Congo to bring home their two year old son.
Do buy a hot-pot... They really are the Leatherman Tool of the Congo! You can get a hot shower, wash your clothes, purify water and get a cup of coffee!
Do bring lots of snacks. You may need to snack your way through a meal or two (or six) that doesnt quite agree with your appetite
Do not show your two year old son the deliciousness of wasabi peas... He will eat them all. And you can't replace them here, go figure.
Do try the local favorite food, FuFu. It tastes like an underdone dumpling made of corn and wheat flours.
Do not try the local favorite food, FuFu. It tastes like an underdone dumpling made of corn and wheat flours.
Do not eat an entire bag of almonds. Ever.
Do eat at the Swiss/French restaurant in the Congolese super market.
Do not eat the Sushi at the Swiss/French restaurant in the Congolese supermarket.
Do bring Immodium
Do not worry about the rebels who just took over a city on the other side of the country and are bent on toppling the current government... Nobody here is.
Do worry about the rebels who just took over a city on the other side of the country and are bent on toppling the current government... cause nobody here is.
Do stay at St. Anne's guest house in Kinshasa.
Do not assume that because there are two faucet knobs and one of them is red, that there is hot water.
Do assume that the congolese like to tease.
Do teach your two year old son what the garbage can is.
Do not give your two year old son the key to your room.
Do bring mosquito spray.
Do WEAR said mosquito spray.
Do use the provided mosquito net at night
Do not get malaria
do enjoy the shade of the giant mango trees in the yard
Do not get pooped on by the giant Congolese magpy that is also enjoying the shade of the giant mango trees in the yard.
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