Today there was the first rain of the wet set season. I was expecting it to be a thunderous tropical affair, cords of water raining down from fat clouds, but it was a very light drizzle.
English style....
.... rather disappointing in fact.
However, this was enough for the frogs who came out of their hiding to a crescendo of croaking as the sunset. This was something that I had been told about, but I didn’t think that a little drizzle would invoke such a massive change for these little creatures. But it did and I am still waiting for my first tropical rain in Africa :( a sentiment I will probably regret once the wet season is in full swing and it’s hot as hell and humid and the frog chorus would have started to wear a little thin too by then.
Hmm maybe should do a little sun dance instead....
Not much more has gone on today, instead of rambling on about my attempts at exercising in my room and that I showered and ate boring food and finished my book. I’ll leave you with a few facts out the town I’m currently calling home....
Kinshasa:
- Second largest city in the sub Saharan Africa
- Main language spoken are Lingala and French
- Population: More than 10 million!!!
- Elevation: 3000 meters above sea level
- Founded by Henry Morton Stanley in the year1881.
- It was named as Leopoldville, in honour of King Leopold II of Belgium
- The city lies just opposite to the city of Brazzaville, which lies at the north bank of Congo and is the capital of the Republic of Congo. This is the only place in the whole world where two national capital
- Residents are known as Kinois
- The largest French-speaking city in the world.
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