{"id":1245,"date":"2008-10-26T19:57:29","date_gmt":"2008-10-27T00:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theworldbyroad.com\/?p=1245"},"modified":"2008-10-23T20:14:10","modified_gmt":"2008-10-24T01:14:10","slug":"new-photos-drc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/expedition\/2008\/10\/26\/new-photos-drc","title":{"rendered":"New Photos &#8211; DRC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our trip through the Democratic Republic of the Congo was quick, only lasting about three days. We were kicked out of Kinshasa after partying with UN workers and had to get to Matadi as soon as possible for our Angola visas since we already lied to get into the country in the first place. We did manage to check out the Chutes de Zongo, one of the only established tourist attractions in the entire DRC. 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