Chimpanzee reserve, 2007
Photos from a trip to a chimpanzee reserve just outside Pointe-Noire close to the Atlantic coast. Included here are photos of the late Gregoire, a local celebrity who had been rescued from Brazzaville zoo by helicopter during the civil war in the 1990s. He had been placed in the zoo in colonial times.
USS Kauffmann visits Pointe-Noire, Congo, 2007
The visit of the USS Kauffmann to Congo’s main port, Pointe-Noire, on the Atlantic ocean made for an interesting ride out to sea and visit.