Crossing the Congo
€23.90
Product Information
| ISBN | 9781787389625 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charlie Hatch-Barnwell, Chloe Baker, Mike Martin |
| Publisher | C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.490 |
| Publishing Date | 23/03/2023 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €22.55 |
| Tax | €1.35 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €23.90 |
| Availability | 2 units in external warehouse |
Product 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.