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come ina is a ghost station in the south of the democratic republic of congo. there's been no train service for 5 months but now it's running again. the train left lubumbashi the 2nd largest city 5 days ago. no one knows when it will arrive. the train everyone is waiting for has a surprising name home dell or the swallow. he

. thought. news of the swallows arrival spreads like wildfire via the bush telegraph all word of mouth. it's the cheapest rail service in the d.r. congo like a local bus it stops a virtually every station and drools huge crowds. half of them a street vendors a day every stop even in the remotest villages the station becomes an instant market. the. arab 'd that i would never have heard. i don't know nor would any of the ideal number grab jaros that there are several. there are no. good.

but there's not much time for selling. the train is already packed so. the passengers clamor for remaining seats. clement has been riding this train for 20 years and knows what to expect. some say but it got there i think because the self-employed says it said this is just the ducks it was a fun. public. they flew for you i said to see. them sit by young today.

one of them i did to see do you dislike these people for their business. undecisive . so this it's a sonic as i said if. that was the people cram into whatever space they can find nearly 2000 people all together 3 times the officially permitted capacity. for those who want to able to find a place or who can't afford a ticket there's always the route. images or you could open them up but what it is and he said that it is only a few simple words you will let your guard up that much of a tell you could do it but only do it when you said it was up some of them were. located in the heart of the continent the democratic republic of congo is the

largest country in sub-saharan africa. the swallow crosses half the country from lubumbashi to eladio and is the only link between remote villages and the outside world. the swallow has been around for more than 50 years. the old engine was bought 2nd hand in south africa. a relay of 10 drivers is needed to cover the 1600 kilometer journey. yet. the driver is 63 years old. missed him a long go has one of the hardest parts of the trip. 120 kilometers of trouble see above the river where we've never done that he said. so remember.

that isn't this if that's the kind of i said yeah officer. that's why the trip was this every something from. mr malone go is the master on board and supplements his income by allowing 10 passengers to travel in the dr his cabinet. it's as close as he gets to 1st class on the train. back in 2nd class the challenge is to avoid stepping on someone as you try and move around the carriage. it's something clima can't get used to. playing up but that was said on bus in the us he said if it was set up over cement throughout the whole city coming by it it if the

storm thanks us he said then quoted you know think what this think it says a lot of big this will boost just one thing for both among them on this sunday this sunday put up a video of the review that. will be nothing to lose the passengers take as much luggage as they can. so they clearly support a corner media. when they see the expose it equally possible i love. you. and. the false on 2 we're. supposed to keep playing along as of old to see the mob people do. extraordinary things sometimes happen. you know murder is a must and i know you think you don't want to see what you want to do and i didn't want those again those are in my own son. so mostly

son son love. him. but. he does. argue we are for mean current events because you said that you took. the train can also be a death trap to load they fought to be bloody successful for it because i said at 1st i'm a sucker for. did what they did for south gus also with our gun laws deal to force him up to help us in my life and. last year the snares made several passengers. and those in 3rd class risked their lives up here on the rigs. and they can easily get knocked off the moving train. and now when i come out

before going up puts. her back taxes out of them was split with the smaller boy we're talking about. his fellow travelers up on 3rd class have to remain alert a lapse in attention could be fatal. but they believe that goes. because. the danger comes not just from above but also from the sun. even if the moderate speed of 30 kilometers an hour a tree branch can come like a machete. but

there are a lot of a. similar there's a lot of other. orders you're better boards. these 'd are some of the remotest areas of the d.r. congo. as dawn breaks free men are preparing for a long journey. they're traveling salesman training in kosov or flowers and home oil in the villages they work for smile.

before going on a mobile version you should know the only year what it was you were doing here enjoy what you do does your mom was. off before you were no one was to give them all so much do you go one on one o one your food food food. man and his companions a setting out on an arduous 160 kilometer journey through villages in the country south. it will probably take them around 4 or 5 days in. new york for the little. fish. and. most of the villages are in the middle of nowhere and reaching them means travelling on dirt tracks so the congolese improvise.

they converge and reinforce their bicycles to withstand the poor conditions and up to 300 kilos of merchandise. if you'll live the son of. a walk into the market if you know school you know him be sure to put a foot or put a foot in the kitchen learn what you need. to know my name was difficult to speak. to food.

it takes remarkable willpower to undertake such a journey. was. completely. beliefs. to. believe. that the. big. blue note we are no more but was there all the time i woke was dipping my eyes in the john i was there something good to know we know. by nightfall they reach a village. for once they won't sleep by the side of the road but in the church.

this will be their only meal of the day. for. me. here in this you impose your mother the good don't want to know you because you have one do you guys you can a woman whose son was good enough to go for seen you know what's going on that was sort of us here. you know funny you know something. come out we know the whole book. new york what you do. with the muscle was just if we made up fun it was just too much fun in the muslim world to live play she does i do it well because it was a joke when the window muscle bit the foot did will come and go say do you look at the mush so you do need to dump the bucket on.

the village of his statue is 60 kilometers away. another 3 days of hard labor. yeah i ended up photos of yeah the forwards hold. a man and his family i'm on the tracks. by waving a red scarf he's been able to stop the train at this tiny village in the middle of the bush and go up up. up so i'm just done with my not going to that would you please don't really i don't know yet where what when where i mean i'm sure.

it's often like this. holiday work for little pay. mr malone go belly ends $140.00 a month. or never ever survive never mind it out of the gutter never have my water 1st of all what they did for double shuffle. around my. head was going to separate what it. see ever go to still pick up a bottle. anything let up on the. road.

but right now his main concern is the state of the truck. he has to reduce speed to less than 10 kilometers an hour. at this point the rails are not really aligned and he will do just that but that's where the jobs that are locked if we were loaded up with this stop in. this outfit from a simple society said my gosh we've. got to fish oil. and i said you got. to get a job or does it just rust going to the dump risking up i said about lasts just that turn dodger you know with reversion to this about budget talks argue it out yet is good i don't. back in the bush man and his 2 associates have covered

a 3rd of their journey but the day is off to a bad start as one bike has had a puncture. somebody will come. for it's the 5th time in one day. without a repair kit or new in a few. patches the punch up with a piece of rubber from an old cheap one hopes for the best. most men and his companions still have another 30 kilometers to go to reach the next village. and your phone on your show is because i was on what

i've. got to go for you open up what. we came in. with a few up on. the n.-g. o. hunger. and fatigue. they barely had the strength to push their bikes any further.

you know the funny when i was in court all we knew we always got. a bug for my. own no wonder the horn or you. might make a movie. and perhaps their prayers have been answered the rain has stopped and they finally arrives. when all. the booms long one yeah. well here you. go up more and more well while the world will be on your mind you know. you're going to. need a. bit of a. minute to know 7.

oh you're. a nice. bump on your. scalp was the sun not. going in the. sun. will be good the up on. your wall folk will. the 3 companions journey will soon be over.

when they get home in a week's time they live and enough money to feed their families. back on board the swallow the danger has passed the rails all straight again. some from there. but just when everything seems more or less normal missed him along go is confronted with a new problem. the train is losing speed. eventually comes to a complete stop. the fact that he does so in the middle of a village is no coincidence. mr malone go believes it's sabotage if he suspects the vendor is the one known as traffickers in the deol congo. this is because a lot of people saw. it go after the boy got through

that does that it's very different i just got lucky. but we go back to the stuff. that gets a bit of time i would love to get to the time i. want to do you know if you've got about a. good. picture has been riding the swallow for 10 years on this trip he's selling soldiering while the next time he'll sell something else out of it on the way the train provides him with a living i want to do what i should go so to do my children and to government to do to then it would have to be my lot more to it than that lou dobbs so is that no

we're not but they. if a bit. nervous about does he come out in august or that i know we're going to succumb as an absolute does only one of the other no muslim. center motor motor want to find out. how. one. missed him along those still has 900 kilometers to go before reaching a labor of the trains final destination. if all goes well the 1600 kilometer journey will have taken 8 days. to swallow continues on its way. despite the obstacles it's a necessary but precarious lifeline to thousands of connally.

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