African cousins: chimpanzees and bonobos

Images and notes from the field: Kokolopori, Democratic Republic of Congo and Kibale NP, Uganda Featuring posts by: Alexander Georgiev, Ian Gilby and Kyleb Wild from Kibale; Zarin Machanda from Budongo Forest, Uganda; and AG from Kokolopori, DRC.

Monday, September 18, 2006

Cash flow

With no ATMs in the forests ahead of us, cash is the way to go. And lots of it. It is not as much as it looks like, though. The Congolese Franc is not one of the stronger currencies on the market - this bag, I am told, contains about 5,000 USD.



Posted by Alexander Georgiev at 5:16 AM
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Alexander Georgiev
Graduate Student in Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
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      • Pre-departure
      • Cash flow
      • Curious facts
      • Sunday - luggage day
      • Sunday evening on the river
      • Boat trip update
      • Gallery: river life
      • Gallery: getting the boat ready
      • Chimp attack: Kanyawara update by Kyleb Wild
      • Gallery: more photos
      • Boat
      • So...Mbandaka
      • Darkness falls over Mbandaka - 13 Sept
      • Same sun, looks so much better in Africa...
      • Fishing at dusk, Mbandaka
      • Landing at Mbandaka 12 Sept
      • Sunset over the Congo at Mbandaka - 12 Sept
      • Kinshasa 11 September
      • Well...I am still in Uganda
      • Two days to the Congo
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