Watch out for being mobbed by volunteer 'helpers' once you are outside the airport, who will want to carry your bags in return for tips. All other towns are accessible only by air transport or boat. And ever since, travel and discovery have been at the heart of his life and career. It's also the largest French-speaking city proper in the world (by any other measure, it still ranks second behind the Paris urban area). Ask to go to "the Beach", which is the ferry terminal. Essentially, these taxis are small buses. Learning a bit goes a long way to befriending locals. Text is available under [http://wikitravel.org/shared/Copyleft Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0] images are available under [http://wikitravel.org/shared/How_to_re-use_Wikitravel_guides various licenses], see each image for details. 18 Parcelles nr 16 Quartier Palais des Marbres. Hey there! Get your dance on with an afrozumbah class Monday or Thursday nights 6pm at Little Jewels or Saturdays 5pm at Centre Bethanie located with the Sacre Coeur compound near ISP Gombe. Be careful also of what you take pictures of. Selon un personnel du beach à Brazzaville, ces trois hommes blessés, tous Congolais, ont été conduits à l’hôpital grâce à une équipe de secours brazzavilloise. If you are approached by people claiming to be police, be wary. Again, help from a local is best or using drivers that others in the area have past experience with and trust. Confort maison d’une résidence privée. If departing from Kinshasa's N'djili International Airport, a fee of $50.00 (USD) plus 5,000 (CDF) must be paid (a receipt is issued) before entering the terminal. encore un exemple tragique ! Lots of restaurants for 'expats' exist, where you can pay in dollars but it is very expensive. There are speed boats that go quickly for a limited number of people, or you can take the barge with local merchants if you have time. A more time-consuming but far more interesting and personal way to get to know the artists of the country would be to visit their private studios. On monte dans le bateau vers 15h30 mais il ne partira pas avant 17h. Subscribe to Tony Wheeler’s Travels by Email, Interested in contacting Tony? Don't be surprised to pay up to $20 for a pizza (and $40 at the hotel for one). Recent road scams have included a group of fake police officers in an unmarked 4x4 vehicle that will pull over unsuspecting people driving alone in cars, and then forcibly take them into their vehicle, drive them out to the country, rob them of everything, and leave them stranded. A plate of these will set you back around $25-$40 dollars depending where you eat. I’m travelling around the Congo – or rather around both Congos, the big ex-Belgian one (Democratic Republic of Congo) and the smaller ex-French one (Congo Republic, aka Congo Brazzaville). Alternatively across from it you will find excellent bread (and more) in Patisserie Nouvelle, which also has good lunch possibilities. Just be sure to have plenty of locals with you who know what they are doing and can provide security and a way out if you get stuck or in trouble. Drame sur le fleuve Congo. Jardin d'Eden is a restaurant and music bar by the shores of the Nsele river, in the eastern part of the city's rural area. Heureusement, notre contact arrive, monte avec nous dans le taxi et nous avançons jusqu’à l’entrée du bâtiment d’embarquement. Kinshasa has a good phone network One of the things it's famous for is phones. kinshasa et brazzaville- republique du congo. Get ready to shake your booty! Many cheap roadside stalls exist, primarily outside of downtown's Gombe.