Very early in the morning some music and the crying of a baby woke me up. It was too early to get out of bed, but around 7.15 am I decided to put my head under the shower. Around 8 am I went to the restaurant to have breakfast. After this I did some laundry, because I was running out of clean clothes. During the day it is hot and my t-shirts really start to smell fast. I did some reading and after I got a call from Eurocar that they arranged a car for me, I went to the Novotel. They told me that I could rent a car with driver, who also was a guide, for the nice amount of US$ 2400, - for four weeks. A lot of money, but the other option was to buy a car or to go by local transport. Buying a car didn't seem to be a good option, since I only planned to stay for 5 weeks and also had to sell the car again. Going by public and private transport seemed also not an option for the plan I made to travel around.
After signing the contract I was brought to the KLM office, where I changed my flight ticket. I decided to leave 10 days earlier, which cost me another 100 euro. From the KLM office I walked to the city center, which was about 4 kilometers. I sat down in Kindu park and had something to drink. After some time I went to the bank to change some more money. This time I had to wait some time, because there were a lot of people who had to do banking business. More and more people use banks to store their money or to get a loan.
I took a taxi back to my hotel and had some beer. Drinking beer while it was so hot was not a good idea. I lay down on my bed and slept a little bit. After dinner and some reading I went to bed to sleep.
Initial publication: 14 augustus 2008
Last update: 04 april 2010
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