Hatch - Barnwell Charlie - Crossing The Congo Over Land And Water In A Hard Place - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: 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.
Title: Crossing The Congo Over Land And Water In A Hard Place
Author(s): Hatch - Barnwell Charlie
Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Barcode: 9781849046855
Pages: 240 Pages, 64 Illustrations, Color
Publication Date: 12/1/2016
Category: Travel Writing