Leg 75, Impfondo, Democratic Republic of the Congo via Republic of the Congo and Gabon to Djoum, Cameroon
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11-05 Impfondo FCOI 4:14 AM
11-05 Mbandaka FZEA 4:53 AM Follow the river
11-05 Gamboma FCOG 6:01 AM Extremely low res terrain in between
11-05 Lekana LKC 6:34 AM
11-05 M’Vengue FOON 7:10 AM
11-05 Koulamouto FO23 7:37 AM
11-05 Booue FOGB 8:01 AM
11-05 Mekambo FOOE 8:50 AM
11-05 Ouesso FCOU 9:45 AM
Restart, weirdly overbright and streaming only sporadically
11-05 Ouesso FCOU 9:52 AM
11-05 Masea FKYK 10:34 AM Server issues, slow streaming
11-05 Djoum FKSA 11:38 AM Drone cam landing
Another day with thunder and lightning, however it did finally stop after I restarted the game due to streaming issues. The last 90 minutes were thunder free!
It started with some nasty weather, approach to MBandaka over the Congo river
A little break under the clouds to spot the town, MBandaka
The view on a good day
MBandaka has a large botanical garden, Jardin Botanique d’EALA
Next to all the flora it houses a Nile Crocodile captured in 1953. They get between 70 and 100 years old, the picture of him was from Dec 2018, living there for 65 years already.
Today it was nasty in MBandaka, on the runway lit by lightning
Following the Congo river further South West
About here the Ubangi river joins the Congo river
I can’t even see the sides in this weather
Arriving in Gamboma accross the fuzzy border (the river Congo) in to Republic of the Congo
From Gambona to Lekana, got my reading light on, not much to see
With the weather and streaming issues on top, I decided to climb above the clouds to Koulamouto
It cleared up for a bit over the Ogooue river at the GRand Poubara Hydropower Plant in Gabon
Bridge over the river at the Chutes de Poubara
Approaching Koulamouto on the Lolo river
Nice paved runway at Koulamouto
Lots of trees here
Booue on the Ogooue river
Nice town, just 6.6 miles South of the Equator
Looks like logging is one of the activities here, big trees
Spotting the Lvindio River in between the clouds
Ouesso on the Sangha river, back in the Republic of the Congo
The ferry from Ouesso to Brazzaville
Ouesso is known for the pygmy peoples who live nearby. The smallest peoples in the world
There are between 250,000 and 600,000 Pygmies living in the Congo rainforest
Boumba Bek National Park in Cameroon, an ocean of trees
Descending to take a closer look at the rain forest
Better not run out of fuel on this stretch, no emergency landing sites anywhere
Sunset over Nki National Park, connected to Boumba Bek National Park
Dusk doesn’t last long, luckily still enough light for a drone cam landing in Djoum
