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Life on the Congo - Roads & Kingdoms

ON THE CONGO RIVER, Democratic Republic of Congo— It begins with shouting. Almost everything here seems to. This time they are shouts of encouragement: “Vite! Vite!” —“Faster! Faster!” But the teenage girl in the pirogue , a type of dugout canoe, is unable to pull alongside the barge, which is making its way down the Congo River at a speed of about 10 miles per hour. Read more http://roadsandkingdoms.com/2015/life-on-the-congo/