forever from everything you had known once. so conrad described the congo after piloting steam ships in the early days of belgian colonialism. i ve had something of a multi-decade obsession with the congo. it s been kind of a, a personal dream, if you will, to travel the congo river. and now, for better or worse, i get that chance. we ve rented a trusty vessel, and i shall dub thee the captain willard. all right, did you maggots load the chickens? finding food along the way, it s anticipated, will be a challenge. refrigeration of any kind is impossible. okay. well, i m psyched. my dream has finally come true. [ speaking foreign language ] anthony: blocked by officials? this could be months. okay. let the probing begin.
finding food along the way, it s anticipated, will be a challenge. refrigeration of any kind is impossible. okay. well, i m psyched. my dream has finally come true. blocked by officials? this could be months. okay. let the probing begin. [ speaking foreign language ] now, how do we do this? let s get under way before they figure a new tax to levy on us. our trip down river will take us some 120 kilometers even deeper into the jungle. but instead of kurtz and his
after piloting steamships in the early days of belgian colonialism. i ve had something of a multidecade obsession with the congo. it s been kind of a personal dream, if you will, to travel the congo river. and now, for better or worse, i get that chance. we ve rented a trusted vessel. ani shall dub thee the captain willard. all right. did you maggots load the chickens? finding food along the way, it s anticipated, will be a challenge. refrigeration of any kind is impossible. okay. well, i m psyched. my dream has finally come true. blocked by officials? this could be months. okay. let the probing begin. [ speaking foreign language ]
anthony: blocked by officials? this could be months. okay. let the probing begin. [ speaking foreign language ] dan: we need this boat to move here now. how do we do this? anthony: let s get underway before they figure a new tax to levy on us. people: bye. bye, bye. anthony: our trip downriver will take us some 120 kilometers even deeper into the jungle. but instead of kurtz and his ivory horde, a crumbling belgian research center with a shadowy past awaits us at our destination. this is a turn of the century map, so kisangani was then called stanleyville. leopoldville, that would be here.
anticipated, will be a challenge. refrigeration of any kind is impossible. okay. well, i m psyched. my dream has finally come true. blocked by officials? this could be months. okay. let the probing begin. [ speaking foreign language ] now, how do we do this? let s get under way before tn us. our trip down river will take us some 120 kilometers even deeper into the jungle. but instead of kurtz and his ivory horde, a crumbling belgian