SW Africa Part 1

2026 SW Africa - Part 2

  Luanda   Kinshasa   Brazzaville   São Tomé   Libreville

Luanda, Angola

National Bank of Angola

Miradouro da Lua

Guide Vaz + Graham

Museum of Slavery

Baobab tree

National Museum of Military History In Fortaleza de São Miguel

Vasco da gama statue

Luanda City View

Old town, Rua dos Mercadores

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

View across the Mighty Congo

Congo Rapids, 6 miles West of Kinshasa

Rapids + intrepid swimmers

President Laurent-Desire Kabila

President Laurent-Desire Kabila's Mausoleum

Kinshasa: National Museum

Funerary Statue

Traditional Mask

Kinshasa to Brazzaville, across the Mighty Congo

Our “pirogue” (canoe)

Leaving Kinshasa

Speeding briskly along

Aprroaching Brazzaville

Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

Congo from the Brazzaville Radisson

Congo Rapids, 4 miles SW of Brazzaville

View across to Kinshasa

Brazzaville: Pierre de Brazza Memorial

Pierre de Brazza statue & mausoleum

Mausoleum interior

Brazzaville: Catholic Cathedral

Grand Catholic Cathedral

Striking, lofty, interior

São Tomé

City of São Tomé

Forte de São Sebastião

Forte de São Sebastião

Portuguese-era monuments

Colonial governor (?)

Monument to Henry the Navigator Identical to one I saw in East Timor. But this one has the inscription removed.

Cathedral of São Tomé

São Tomé island tour

6 miles SE of Trindade São Tomé

Roça Agua Izė Cocoa plantation Remains of formerly grand Hospital

Boca de Inferno Water enters on left, is forced out on right.

Cascata de Praia Pesqueira waterfall

Cloudy view to Pico Cão Grande

Cloudy view to Pico Cão Grande

Libreville, Gabon

Ocean View from Raddison

Colorful local lizard

Leon Mba mausoleum Guarded by two doves

Cryptic freedom statue

Much bustling construction

Guide Philippe + Graham

Raddision: Especially confusing laundry info

National Museum of Arts, Rites & Traditions

Traditional drum

Imagined village scene

St. Michael's Church of Nkembo

St. Michael's Church of Nkembo

SW Africa Part 1