I don't want to dis your experience thus far, and I don't want to present myself as any sort of Central Africa expert.....but the areas in which you've been traveling are easy, predictable and safe compared to the route you're proposing. Don't get lulled into thinking you know it all. Listen, for example, to Ituri, who gives every indication she's been there, gets it, and knows how to keep it in perspective (a good, and not altogether common, combination).
Were I you--which I'm not--I'd be looking for a way to get a taste without overcommitting; commitment can follow, or not. Speculating about what it might feel like or where the dangers like is rather different from being there. On the other hand, most of us survive whatever foolishness we undertake, most of the time; the key is not to deduce from our survival that what we did was safe, wise or repeatable.
Hope the above is taken in the spirit in which it is intended, which is of enthusiasm for adventures, including yours, yet cautionary about a tone which I read in your posts and blog....perhaps incorrectly.
Safe journeys!
Mark
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