What the Congo was...

To be honest with you I had no idea of what the Congo was except that I knew it was in Africa and what to expect when we got there. First of all I expected to see a whole bunch of grass huts, you know villages and so on. I had no idea what there would be there and in Leopoldville, it was like if you saw pictures of a mural. I mean they had buildings and houses were in better shape than what we had. And I said you know what’s this? But then it changes and outside of the city or Leopoldville it’s a little different. It’s just day and night. The first week or so it was very difficult. Here we are eating proper meals and you had natives gawking at you and it was difficult because you felt like maybe giving some, but the thing is you couldn’t do that because if you throw to one then you have to give to all. They would take and be just like a riot. So the thing is that you put in your mind I’m here to do a job and that was it.