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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. named lee hall and bell or the swallow.

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 in drills huge crowds. of them a street vendors a day every stop even in the remotest villages the station becomes an instant market. the. arab 'd or muslim. look i don't know nor would any idea of home where i've yet are over that there are several. that i know. about but the good.

part but there's not much time for selling. the train is already packed. the passengers clamor for remaining seats like i. said. clement has been riding this train for 20 years and knows what to expect. from c. but he got there i think because the self-employed says it said this is their ducks in the fall of both places doug was on top on the 4th day. i said to see let's. sit by young today. one of them i did the scene do you dislike these young people for the business.

undecisive. so this it's a sonic as i said if it. was 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 i think you said that it is a simple idea to well let you got up and then whatever but only did what 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 allay both of

these 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 is on the same time that i thought about said yeah a physical that's why the trip was the 70s not therefore.

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. and. 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. the player but that was said on bus in the r c c said it could set up of a cement throughout the whole city come in may it it if this storm sends us a segment called did you know think this thing could see a lot of big this who just want us to call buffy among them on the phone this

sunday put up a video of the review there. will be nothing to lose the passengers take as much luggage as they can. so they clearly so put a corner me there. when they say dixie was an equally possible i love. you. and. the full song too we're. supposed to keep playing along as of old to see the bottom of the fucking. extraordinary things sometimes happen. when i was younger and as i was on my side i know you. don't want to see what you want to do and i didn't want those again those are only my own son. so mostly son son. you know

what. he does. or you were for mean current events because you said that you took. the train can also be a death trap to load therefore to be taught it's a sore foot because i said at 1st i'm a sucker for. did what they did for south gus also with our gun laws they'll take this less than a month to help us the mother of the. last year of the snake is named several passengers. and those in 3rd class risked their lives up here on the rigs. they can easily get knocked off the moving train. now when i think of you now before going up what's. her dad says i believe that something was going to

be smooth boy what about. his fellow travelers up on 3rd class have to remain alert a lapse in attention could be fatal. plane . but they believe that. 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 about similar there's a lot of other. so forth 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 trading in kosov a flower and home oil in the villages they work for smile. before going on a mobile going there should be a should know the on what it was you were doing what you do does your mum want to

malala offer for you when no one was to give them all so much do you go one on one ok 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 when. you look at the little. town. 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 and i will put you know. my name was a difficult decision. to shoot. back but. it takes remarkable willpower to undertake such a journey. beliefs

. to. believe. there could never. be again you go no no no we are no more but was there full of it down i woke was dipping my eyes in john i was there something good going to know we know. by nightfall they reach a village. to once they won't sleep by the side of the road but in the church.

this will be their only meal for the day. for. me. here in this you post your mobile the don't want to know you guys you know one do you guys you can a woman whose son was good enough to go for seen you know it's one thing going it was sort of us here in the woods you know funny you know something. come out we know the whole book. new york attitude good luck with the muscle was just if the only measure of fun was just too much fun in the place you got by duke because it was a joke when the window muscles bit the foot did will come and go say look at the my shoes didn't we don't get all. the village of his statue is 60 kilometers away. another 3 days of hard labor.

yeah there are photos of yeah the forwards hold. a man and his family are 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 go up up. up so i'm just done with my not going to that would you please don't hurt me 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 fairly ends a $140.00 a month. or never ever survive the markets out of the uk never have my water 1st of all what they did for their double shuffle. around my. head was going to separate what it. see ever go get your pick up a bottle good to see anything on that up on foot was but right now he's main concern is the state of the truck he has to reduce speed to

less than 10 kilometres an hour at this point the rails a note really a line denny nal to to sort of but that's why is it up the good our luck to forward loaded up with this of sob yes there are a this hour fit bomb a simple sicily sifaka should cause official just so that i said you that's good enough job or he says just lusts liking the dump riskin yup i said the by lasts just with was turned dodger the you know with to reversion or garner this about budget docs are threw it out yet is good it did i will not go back in the bush man in his to associates have covered a 3rd of they journey but the day is off to a bad start as one bike has had

a puncture some but i get not the welcome ken really just looks it's the 5th time in one day without a repair kit to a new in a cheap. patches the puncher 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 you'll come up with a full on your show the vehicle was on go but again. but good for you open up what

. we came in the green go what a few up on. the ngo hunger. and fatigue. they barely have the strength to push their bikes any further. than the. one of the old ones we only got. about.

107 or q oh my mike a moody. and perhaps their prayers have been on since the rain has stopped and they finally arrived. when all. the booms long q one yeah. well here you go. whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa the world was on to a new mine you know. you were going to. need a foot and. the bit about the. minute 7. oh you.

mean ice. bump on yo yo. yo kamila scalp was some no. longer going in. you going up. to the up on. yam was. so one ana. wind out of. your whoa whoa whoa. the 3 companions journey will soon be over. when they get home in a week's time they'll of earned 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. to find that it 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 d.r. congo. this is because a lot of people saw. it go after what i saw through

that does that it's. just to get lucky. but we go back to the fast food. methods but again i would love 2 to get to the top of my. to do you know if you got a lot of good to know about sort of the most important part 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 all morning to see what she got so to do my children and to government to do to learn to love to see my lot more isn't that not just so it's a look we're not but the. if a bit. nervous about going to see the most i know this about the no we're going to

succumb to some of the so there's only one of the other no muslim. center moto motor i don't know. how. one. missed him a long go 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 commonly.

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