Crossing the Congo Over Land and Water in a Hard Place

In 2013, three friends set off on a journey that they had been told was impossible: the north-south crossing of the Congo River Basin, from Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, to Juba, in South Sudan.Traversing two and a half thousand miles of the toughest terrain on the planet in a twenty-five year old Land Rover, they faced repeated challenges, from kleptocracy and fire ants to non-existent roads and intense suspicion from local people. Through imagination and teamwork - including building rafts and bridges to cross rivers, conducting makeshift surgery in the jungle and playing tribal politics - they got through. But the Congo is raw, and the journey took an unexpected psychological toll on them all.Crossing the Congo is a story of friendship, what it takes to complete a great journey against tremendous odds, and an intimate look into one of the world''s least-developed and most fragile states.

Riassunto

Crossing the Congo is the story of three friends journeying across 2,500 miles of the toughest terrain on the planet in a very old Land Rover called 9Bob. .

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Martin, Mike Martin, Chloe Baker, Charlie Hatch-Barnwell
• Editore: Hurst Publishers
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 23.03.2023
• Categoria: Viaggi > Reportage di viaggio, racconti di viaggio
• EAN: 9781787389625
• ISBN: 978-1-78738-962-5
• Illustrazioni: farbige Illustrationen
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 13.8 x 21.6 cm
• Categorie: TRAVEL / Special Interest / Adventure, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, Travel writing, Travel guides: adventure holidays, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), TRAVEL / Africa / Central, Democratic Republic of Congo