Camino is a ghost station in the south of the democratic republic of congo. Theres been no Train Service for 5 months but now its running again. The train left lubumbashi the 2nd largest city 5 days ago. No one. Knows when it will arrive. On the train everyone is waiting for has a surprising name Lee Holland Bell or the swallow. He. Thought. News of the swallows arrival spreads like wildfire by the bush telegraph all word of mouth. Its the cheapest rail service in the d. R. Congo like a local bus it stops a virtually every station and drills huge crowds. Half of them a Street Vendors a day every stop even in the remote villages the station becomes an instant market. The. Arab or muslim. Look i dont know if that is the idea mum will grab jaros that there are several. There are no. Good. But theres not much time for selling. The train is already packed. Passengers clamber for remaining seats. Has been riding this train for 20 years he knows what to expect. From c. But he got there i think because the selfemployed says it said this is just their ducks in the fall of both places doug. I dont probably call the few fools i was said to see. Sit by young today. One of them i did the scene do you do for these young people for the business. Undecisive. So this its 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 cant afford a ticket theres always the root. Images or you could open them up but what it is and you say that it is only a few simple words you will let your guard up that might ever tell you 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 subsaharan africa. The swallow crosses half the country from lubumbashi to elate of hes 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 weve never done that he said that its over the debt that is and the supply left i thought about said yeah were all physical thats why there 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 drive his cabinet. Its as close as he gets to 1st class on the train will look back in 2nd class the challenge is to avoid stepping on someone is you try and move around the carriage that it something klim all conned get used to play you up but that was said its own plus in the arse c c said it could who said bill pulver see method out the up and will say they come in my it it miss this form else sense us see segment called did they know think with this include says a lot of big this will boost just one bus the core buff their month there fund this song d. B. 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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. Now when i think of an hour before going up puts. Her back taxes out of them was split with the smaller boy what about. His fellow travelers up on 3rd class have to remain alert a lapse in attention could be fatal. But the big joke. Was that. 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 the similar theres a lot of other. So force youre 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. Their traveling salesman trading in kosov a flower and palm oil in the villages they work for smile. Before going on a mobile version you should know the only real what it was you were doing here enjoy what you do does your mom want to malala offer for you when no one was to give them all so much to 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 in. New york in 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. You cool live son of. Market is no fool you know him be sure to put a foot or put a foot in the kitchen and i will put. My name was difficult to see. To shoot. Back but. It takes remarkable willpower to undertake such a journey. Beliefs. To. Believe. That the next. Big. Going up we are no more but was there all that dumb oak was dripping was in john jones of was there something good to know we know. By nightfall they reach a village. For once they wont 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 impose your mother the good dont want to know you because you have one do you guys you can a woman son which is enough to go forcing you know its one thing going to one side of us here. You know funny you know its ok to go you know the. Come out we know the whole book. No new york with you good luck with the muscle was just if we laced up fun it was just too much fun in the. Place you got by duke. It was a joke when the window muscles bit the foot did will come and go say look at the mush so even if we dont know what they dont see. The village of his statue is 60 kilometers away. Another 3 days of hard labor. Yeah i ended up photos of yeah the forwards coach. A man and his family are on the track. By waving a red scarf hes been able to stop the train at this tiny village in the middle of the bush and go up up. Up so im just done with him im not going to end up with you just really i dont know yet where what when where i mean im sure. Its often like this. Holiday work for little pay. Mr malone go belly ends 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 for me to let up on that. 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 anymore richard but thats why is it that our luck therefore loaded up with us. In. This outfit a Simple Society said fuck i. Got to fish or. I said thats good enough job or he said just trust going to the dump risking up i said about lasts just. Turn dodger know what reversion to this about budget talks argue it out yet is good i will go. 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 get out the welcome. And we hope its 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 your phone on your show if youre going to come with on your part of game. But good for you open up what dealt with we give me the green go you know what if you bump up on. That. Day and your hunger. And fatigue. They barely have the strength to push that bikes mean he fell that the the me you know old up our know what us in quite old befall we is ones we all were got a a bug me careful mike a sort of one on 10 wondered the horn or q oh my make a moody than perhaps that prey is have been on sit the rain has stopped and they finally a rise of what jump when will the boom to long cuba one yeah well you do you believe it will go up well well well well well well well the world will on do i knew mine you know when you were going to need to foot and it done bit about the elbow a minute who know 7 0 yeah i mean i. C. L. Put us on a while oki noon bunk one on yo yo due a new york on the scalp what does some no younger going in doc will be the new going up would i will the did the up on good number for years. I was. So one ana. Lucia. Your whoa whoa whoa. The 3 companions journey will soon be over. When they get home in a weeks time theyll of earned enough money to feed their families. Back on board the swallow the danger has passed the rails all straight again. Some from the sun. But just when everything seems more or less normal missed him a long 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 its sabotage he suspects the vendors who were known as traffickers in the deal congo. This is for the. People who saw. It go after the world got through that does that its. Just to get lucky. But we go back to. The goods but again i would love 2 to get to the time i. Got out of it to. The most important part picture has been riding the swallow for 10 years on this trip hes selling soldiering while the next time hell sell Something Else out of it on the way the train provides him with a living when you decide what i should go so to my children and to government to do to then it will have to be my lot more to it than that lou dobbs so its a look were not but the. Its a bit. Nervous about does he come or some of us about the know were going to succumb to some of the so does only one of the other no muslim. Center motor motor i dont know. 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 its a necessary but precarious lifeline to thousands of connally. In the heart of the amazon delivery in families put sand knives in peril to harvest presume not stick. 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