Travel in Congo River by public transport

Democratic Republic of Congo
Life on the Congo River
With a fleet of colonial-era ferries, freighters, tugboats and balaniers in a deplorable state of repair, travelling the 1,700-kilometre stretch from Kinshasa to Kisangani is an odyssey for Congolese that can take anywhere from five weeks to seven or eight months.
The ferries (up to 500 metres long) and balaniers become veritable floating slums, where between 500 and 2000 people can travel in overcrowded conditions without electricity or clean water for many months.
There, markets are formed, markets are traded, cooking is done, friendships are made, people get sick and healthy, relationships are formed, there is time for chatting and drinking, good and bad times, in short, on the waters of the Congo, life is lived.

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Reminds me of the transport on the Niger. Not so large, but a collection of humanity with their goods and chattels on the way to somewhere. Interesting and amusing book by Redmond O'Hanlon included a trip on a similar ferry.

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Wow!!!Muchas gracias por los videos

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