After 14 hours in the air and 3 on the ground in the Brussels Airport, we arrived safely at N'Djili Airport in Kinshasa, Congo. Wefour American SNDs -- Maureen, Margaret, Evelyn and yours truly -- were fortunate to have as traveling companions 3 Congolese SNDs -- Anaclette, Ursule and Marie Dominique -- who were returning home from an international education conference at Emmanuel College in Boston. The baggage claim experience was a sight to behold. Unfortunately I could not take photos because of a law forbidding this. The presence of many uniformed police officers would discourage anyone from breaking any law! It took an hour and a half to recover all our bags -- no small feat given all the congestion around the carousel and the fact that the tram that usually brings baggage from the
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