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But you're always sure of a plentiful supply of Umbongo whilst staying there.
I've been to Kinshasa. Only spent two days there as a flight from Frankfurt to Windhoek had to be diverted. Most passengers gasped as the pilot announced we'd be stopping in Kinshasa, obviously knowing the reputation of the country. However, it was nothing like as bad as some of us thought it would be. Hotel (Memling) was excellent and it's quite an exciting town; loads of young people playing music on the streets, lots of nightlife and all over the place there were colourful characters known as 'sapeurs', who dress in extremely flamboyant suits and strike poses all over the place. Apparently they started out as a protest movement against Mobutu, who decreed that all men must wear sober clothing, preferably Mao uniforms. Many people in Kinshasa rebelled by dressing up as dandies, and they're still at it, young and old. An entertaining place but certainly for the more adventurous traveller. Not as scary as Jo'burg or Nairobi.
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