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CROSSING THE CONGO
OVER LAND AND WATER IN A HARD PLACE |
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Hardback |
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£25.00 |
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£21.25 |
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ISBN 10: |
1849046859 |
ISBN 13: |
9781849046855 |
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Publisher: |
C HURST & CO PUBLISHERS LTD |
Pub. date: |
8 September, 2016 |
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256 |
Description: |
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. . |
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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. |
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UK |
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C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd |
Prizes: |
Winner of **Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award |
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