Equateur Province, Congo
Our wake up call - at 0545 this morning - was the sound of a large group of men rapidly approaching our camp site singing/chanting loudly. Whatever their intentions were, it seemed best to get up fairly rapidly and that decision was vindicated by being witness to the sort of display of singing and dancing that you only get in Africa. They were all young lads - members of the local football team, kitted out in replica Manchester United, Arsenal and Barcelona tops ...