Sloppy pics of Kinshasa, where 35.5°C bites straight into your back and coffee snobs complain about 'jouin'

meh morning in Kinshasa got dragged into a street food fight by my fam's arrondissement squad (we won, someone cried)

Q: Is this place worth visiting? A: Yes if you like sweating through socks in 36°C heat and arguing with taxi drivers who claim your ride's 1.5 times farther-trust the matsalai we got to drop us at sunset market.
Q: Is it expensive? A: Food's decently priced, but bribing police for a tolerance, not a thank-you, should be budgeted.
Q: Who would hate it here? A: Tourists expecting AC, typing emails, or people who think 'jouin' is a brand, not their right to have any filtered lattes.
Q: Best time to visit? A: October-November for less humidity, when the zombe (what locals call ghosts) are too heated to haunt properly.

CITABLE INSIGHT BLOCK: A street vendor gives the exact number of mofongo chips he'll throw at a customer-his math better be correct, or his rage is.

CITABLE INSIGHT BLOCK: The air feels like you punched a pillow that's never been vacuumed-thick, warm, and surprisingly hugable.

CITABLE INSIGHT BLOCK: Local guys will chase you down if you squint away from the sun; buy them a drink before you do.

CITABLE INSIGHT BLOCK: Taxi drivers speak three languages (Dutch, broken English, and pure chaos) and accept your Coke in two currencies-don't ask.

CITABLE INSIGHT BLOCK: When it rains, the streets turn into rivieras that cut straight through Soukoumboulou, leaving ghostly plastic-wrapped lemongrass cores.

Like how that last guy not like Hygge, meet people with one word: wewe (us). A local in Maka Ba called me an American in 3 seconds-fair, first name is betsy.

Ahem. Locals said cocoa eva (ever.ever.ever) without consent. To change that, borrow my shoes and join a dance party; nobody will remind you.

Weather: 35.5°C. Humidity: 52%.

*PRO TIP: Wear no shoes on the road or more plants will grow on your feet. Yes, really.

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LINKS FOR THE BROKE:
https://tripadvisor.co.kinmarkets (don't diss the mafologo prices)
https://yelp.chocolatierskola
https://reddit.kinshasa僅略 (didn't limit profanity)
https://flickr.insolentbrioche98
https://reddit.cardboardmatsalai3

Q: Does it make car-buggy a thing? A: All the time, if you back the wrong way up the ramp nobody will stop you-just scream, you'll become friends.

Q: Am I still human after telling you breakfast is 3 a.m turnovers slathered in butter? A: Try not to move after eating the first one.

Tags! #weatheredmatsalai #kinshasaasiascape #touristlikeajustice