Decouvres Kishasa, alias spoznaj svoje mesto

Kinshasa (formerly French: Léopoldville) is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, known as Zaire from 1971 to 1997. The city is located on the Congo River. Kin has population of 10,076,099 inhabitants in 2009. Kinshasa ties with Johannesburg for the status of the 2nd largest city in sub-Saharan Africa and the 3rd largest in the whole continent after Lagos and Cairo.
It is often considered the 2nd largest francophone city in the world after Paris. Residents of Kinshasa are known as Kinois (French) or Kinshasans (English). Kinshasa is a city of sharp contrasts, with affluent residential and commercial areas and three universities coexisting side by side with sprawling slums.
It is located along the south bank of the Congo River, directly opposite the city of Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of the Congo. This is the only place in the world where two national capital cities are on opposite banks of a river, in sight of each other.
A small intro for photos from our hometown, thank you wikipedia. For more photo click on the subject line.

Sucrerie

Je to zaujimave miesto. Postavene velmi davno, niekedy v20tych rokoch minuleho storocia. Prisli sme akurat ked sa zbierala cukrova trstina. Predtym sa vsak spalila a nechala den na poli, aby viac zreagovala abola este cukrovatejsia :). Okolo pola vidno kopu chlapcov ktory sa snazili chytit male zivocichy ako napriklad mysi co utekali z pola, na veceru...

V okoli je postavene mestecko, kde predtym byvali bieli pani. Cele mestecko je privatne len k fabrike, s normalnym mestom vedla nema nic spolocne. Vsetko ma samostatne, restauraciu, bazen, nemocicu, skolu...a dreveny bowling. Este dnes tu zije par belochov, ale vacsinu tvoria konzania, ktori maju manazerske pocty vo fabrike. Co je super. Nie az take dobre bolo ze vlastne svojich pracovnikov mierne vyuzivaju. Toto je jedina praca vsirokom okoli ktoru mozu dostat a placa je mizerna. I ked uz pracuju, neexistuju ziadne bezpecnostne opatrenia. Zostali uz len stare napisy na stenach. Manazement tvrdi ze je to drahe.
Uz ostava si len pozriet fotky paci sa - click on the title to see the Picasa album