Deadliest Journeys - Congo Katanga

[Applause] [Music] every day somewhere in the world normal people risk their lives just getting from point A to point B in far-off countries and isolated forgotten villages our camera crews follow the journeys of those brave enough to travel on the world's toughest most dangerous and deadliest roads buckle up for a hell ride this is deadliest journeys [Music] [Music] [Music] kameena is a ghost station in the south of Congo there has been no train service for five months and now it's running again the train left Lubin Bashi the nation's second-largest city five days ago and no one knows when it will arrive in Congo it has to be said that's the way things work or not in this country the train runs when it can this particular train that everyone is waiting for has a surprising name the Huron Dell or the swallow in English [Music] word of its arrival spreads like wildfire and it's the so-called Bush Telegraph that has helped pass on the rumor [Music] it's the cheapest train in Congo and stops at every station much like an omnibus and so it attracts huge crowds of passengers half of them are street vendors and at every stop even in the remotest villages the station becomes an instant market [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] but there's not much time for selling the trains already packed you need to be quick to get a seat [Music] [Applause] Clemmie has been riding this train for 20 years and knows the drill well come see Barry Cadden a Vedic only the self emphasizes the decision deduction a polyp or principle new sant rampal a koti [Music] sette see reality let's monks a pie Yantra yada Kali Yoshida Clea Bo Alan Turia on a from a discrete period the father Schanke before the bazaar than the poo the decisive alone is it so they set for Sonic as I said a big people crammed into whatever space they can find nearly two thousand people all together three times the officially permitted capacity for those who weren't able to find a place or who can't afford a ticket there's always the roof separability gonna vomit revoir italia : brawny w in the very heart of the continent the Democratic Republic of Congo is the largest nation in Africa the hero and L crosses half the country from lubumbashi the capital of can tag a tool a bow and is the only link between the country's most remote villages 1600 kilometers across one of Africa's last wild frontiers but in the Congo any travel involves problems looks like my job on the roads may be in a terrible state and the trains bursting at the seams but nothing seems to dampen the spirits of these Congolese [Music] they've learned to make do whatever the circumstances sometimes even at the risk of their lives by train bicycle or on foot the Congolese have little choice the here on Dell has been around for 50 years the old engine was bought secondhand in South Africa [Applause] a relay of 10 train drivers is needed to cover the 1600 kilometer long journey 63 year old mr. Milan go as one of the hardest parts of the trip 120 trouble ridden kilometers set Sankar Olivia Dallas NSA Plan F a tremendous area already officer cutter Lafayette the service unto eternity mr. molango is the master on board and supplements is income by allowing ten or so passengers to travel in the driver's cabin it's as close to first-class as it gets on the train [Applause] [Music] [Music] back in second class the challenge is to avoid stepping on someone as you try to move about the carriage with something Clement can't get used to lapa deposit on passenger seat she said PT Usha top of a Symetra true no siree commemorate the personal Sanka system cote de l'autre coté s tank uses a lot of x this will gue stress on the second party ma their condition this is on deplorable everyone has his or her baggage half a dozen each at least Yaba Edison Tompa metallically say pork on a mealy crew alone on a say the expose le kala patthar Paulo on elephants on Thruway hello panelists all deeply say pastor chef Sookie play Allah knows about the silver Markieff attended this is the occasional miracle no Cunha my cinema my cinema I'm a [ __ ] complicate co2 Keeaumoku devaraja beaucoup de Cali SEPA nibla from a promising the Train seems full of booby traps Seba to elicit a sulphur a Casas a deferment SAP a fatal mistake appellate a shot cancer suave argon laser a facility tombe a super-fast malarkey last year these snares maimed several passengers [Music] and those in third class risk their lives up here on the roof as the trains movement could knock them off [Music] [Music] is an abundance of select a Nuuanu iconography so moku array is a mob a race a baby San Juan del Sur Wakaba circus WOM Rita lococo above the man and Armani Botticelli but one go way back to God without a weaver oh come on I got a guy man therefore what about the Ramayana atomism babbitt raggedy Sokka the day before this young man fell from the roof by some miracle he escaped unscathed with just a cut on his cheek [Music] his fellow-travellers up here on 3rd class have to remain alert lack of attention could be fatal the danger comes not just from above but also from the sides even at a moderate speed of 30 kilometers an hour a tree branch can cut like a machete Boadicea dollars there's another we skip this report [Music] other forms of transport exist but are hardly in any better condition [ __ ] you this track which runs alongside the railway is national route 1 a major road through Congo running from laboum Bashi to Kinshasa the capital it's a vital root for the economy 2300 kilometers of impassable tracks and the rainy season Willie drives for an NGO and he's on his way to pick up aid workers in kameena on the only road in town it hasn't been repaired for over two decades and every year it gets worse [Music] Tanana barabara monona atop Azadi moto Gary yay I cannot ratio as a comma Okinawa so I cannot a Tissot minge Jia mushy Moo with a racy Willy is used to it but overloaded small trucks like this one are a common sight he dreads being stuck behind them togusa mama Doka drea solidarity Yaba chauffeur even even a PITA mangia yeah poor india mumbai aqua Jew eres una Musa idea Uno's Oh goofy Campbell na aana Patapon Swati Akari birra Swati crave lazy afternoon amudha panama cadre alwa lucassi Abba show fairy my gosh [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] on the railway tracks the Huron Dell is halfway to labo when mr. Milan go has to break suddenly [Music] 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 brush he says there's good reason for doing so while the woman climbs on board the other villagers make the most of the situation but Mr molango doesn't want to take everyone and decides to start up again [Music] it's often like this hard work for little pay the equivalent of barely $100 a month mr. molango is not just poorly paid he is in fact rarely paid [Music] don't all shelter at the one responsibly wallet cfirkus all Jekyll Caparo 80 months of pay almost seven years of work seven years of back pay that mr. melago will never receive to survive he depends on tips from the passengers and with his wife he cultivates a small plot of land [Music] right now though his main concern is the state of the tracks he has to reduce speed to less than 10 kilometers an hour at this point the rails are not really aligned anymore mr. Solis advantage and it's like that for several miles the ballast attacks are - yeah accidents are frequent alongside the track are the remains of a train that didn't slow down it derailed and killed 76 people never gonna tear the junk us support position le marché on this issue livable the tacos deserve operate tissue champagne today yes let's see [Music] he said it's one constellated enough for the final party to born suffered suffered [Music] [Applause] [Music] on board the Heron Dell the danger has now passed the rails are straight again but just when everything seems to be more or less normal mr. milonga has to deal with another problem he can feel that the train is losing speed [Music] eventually it comes to a complete stop the fact that it does so in the middle of a village is no coincidence mr. molango believes it was sabotage and he suspects it's the vendors who are responsible in Congo they're known as traffickers Google inaudible contrecoup Transat jefra knife Kristina party Lori for Cal camp or complete the circle elevate the response today which was a baby those who stopped the Train know what they're doing and they also know that the repair is quite simple other breakdowns are more complicated and trains are usually repaired in a station [Music] by young gay is in charge of maintenance but he has only a few spare parts for repairs one is a parody majira for educational reasons consultative news of all definitely right the other parts have to come from South Africa and can take up to three months to arrive during which time the train doesn't run the Huron Dells for stop is a boon to many the local salesmen have no other means of making any money in these remote villages people survived on the equivalent of $1 a day it's the passengers though who reap the biggest profit they survive off the small trade the Train provides and every time it stops they have the chance to do some business Victor's been riding the Huron Dell for ten years on this trip he's selling soldering irons the next time he'll sell something else either way the Train provides him with a living and to confirm a to total abilities in my lads Ebisu palapa kotinagulu palpable mysamma chair NAB super pay traffic emotionless robot and trend Asuka motion Ebisu nozzoli's a banna banna banna Hakata katana move mom yet rabisu finally 20 minutes later the train has been fixed [Music] Victor's happy at the business he's been able to conduct having managed to sell his entire stock of soldering irons he's keen to get back in the compartment where his wife Gabriella is waiting since they were married she has never left his side in this isolated village victor believes the Traveling Salesman provide a vital social link to very sellable Oh noona trafficker no freaking [Music] [Laughter] once again the Train begins to slow down another train is heading in their direction [Music] oh yeah it's a delicate maneuver because the train in front will have to use the abandoned track the wheels might slide on the grass and derail the Train a mechanic is spreading sand on the rails to help it along the danger is over both trains resume their journeys the oncoming train is transporting cargo and has no passengers apart from a few clandestine travellers - here on Dell - continues along its way there's just another 900 kilometers to get to labo the final destination by traveling day and night and allowing for stops and repairs it should arrive by the morning of the eighth day [Music] you

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Keywords: documentary, roads, National Geographic, waterways, travel, Deadliest Journeys, full episode

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Length: 27min 19sec (1639 seconds)

Published: Mon Apr 13 2020