Alphabet Travel

In theory, you’re not allowed to take photos in the Congo without written authorisation from the minister for tourism… Not a problem in the bush, but in Pointe-Noire, with pick-up trucks of guerrilla-type policemen cruising around, and a scheduled visit from the recently-re-elected president, I thought discretion was the better part of photographic valour, so this is a gallery of the road to Pointe Noire, with a few snatched images from the town itself thrown in, at the bottom.