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Once you get to the boarder of Uganda and Zaire (DNC), you have to hoof it from there. We hired some local kids for $1.00 each (payment upon delivery) to lead us to the ranger station. Once we were about halfway there, an enterprising kid said they would each need another dollar to take us the rest of the way. We played hardball and took our packs back, saying we would find it ourselves. Luckily, they gave in and showed us the way for the original price. Incidently, we paid them $5.00 each on our arrival anyway, and had some hapy kids around for a few days.
Written Nov 10, 2004
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