Description
| Product ID: | 9781787389625 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Crossing the Congo |
| Subtitle: | Over Land and Water in a Hard Place |
| Authors: | Author: Charlie Hatch-Barnwell, Mike Martin, Chloe Baker |
| Page Count: | 240 |
| Subjects: | Travel writing, Travel writing, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. . 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. |
| Imprint Name: | C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-03-23 |
