Livingstone-Stanley Monument, Bujumbura

Its a sight to see. Although its not the place the famous line "Dr. Livingstone I presume" took place it is a rock inscribed by the famous explorer and Henry Morton Stanley presumably some months after their famed meeting in Ujiji, Tanzania. For some reason that is beyond me the rock has been surrounded on all sides with a hideous shoulder hight metal fence in bright colours, ruining any possibility of taking good photographs. The fence really kills the historic atmosphere that's tangible when one muses back on the two explorers carving something permanent to mark their meeting. The tour guide was also misinformed on many historic points that connect to the rock, but there is so much potential for this historic monument that its really worth visiting and digging in to the history on ones own.

Local community apparenty put a fence and some person asking for 3 USD per person to visit... but issuing no receipts, claiming that the old book is completed and he did not receive a new one... And a whole group of scouts came by me and got in and on the stone for free...