Six weeks on a leaky barge, Zaire, 1992
The captain told me the trip to Kinshasa would take four days. It took six weeks.
The captain told me the trip to Kinshasa would take four days. It took six weeks.
This rough and ready ride across the top of the DRC had me clinging on for dear life.
How a chicken – and a kind stranger – maybe, possibly, saved my life.
Some of my most uncomfortable journeys have turned out to be my most memorable.