On the Road to Lolifa

On our way back from a visit to the village of Lolifa, east of Mbandaka, our companions decided to stop at "la source" to fill up the water containers. There is so much surface water, and yet so little is being done to improve convenience of access and water purity. You always have to walk a ways to get to "les sources" and then you have to carry a heavy, sloshy water container back with you. In this video, you'll see our most common mode of transportation - sitting around the bed of a white pickup truck. The men in the video all worked with Jacob. That hat Jacob is wearing is not a fashion statement - it is to prevent the severe sunburn that comes all to easily under the equatorial sun. This video shows a pretty typical scene, and I must say, Jacob is also behaving typically. Too bad I stopped the video so soon, or you would have seen me swat him. It's pretty funny if you play the last second of this video on a repeat cycle, or, for even more enjoyment, play it backwards.