Blood River - a Trip through Africa


	Blood River - a Trip through Africa

CrazyRedHead

5-29-2007 1:05 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/53c94917-a43f-4fd0-9c63-e7c965218e56/1B7B0A85-F09E-4176-8DAA-0D9AA7C3EB53/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=%2Farts/exclusions/books/butcher/ixbutcher.xml&_requestid=260372" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=%2Farts/exclusions/books/butcher/ixbutcher.xml&_requestid=260372" style="font-size: 11px;">www.telegraph.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=%2Farts/exclusions/books/butcher/ixbutcher.xml&_requestid=260372"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.telegraph.co.uk/img/CDBCB583-B1E5-404A-A66B-2157B1C76E7C" alt="Tim Butcher riding pillion with his guide, Odimba" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=%2Farts/exclusions/books/butcher/ixbutcher.xml&_requestid=260372"><DIV class="largetxt">In 1877 Daily Telegraph correspondent and explorer extraordinaire Henry Morton Stanley completed his epic journey to chart the course of the Congo river. 130 years later, Daily Telegraph correspondent Tim Butcher set out to retrace his steps - alone, and in the face of warnings that the trip was "suicidal". Follow his progress in our unfolding series of exclusive extracts and interviews as he makes this incredible journey through Africa's bleeding, broken heart.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=%2Farts/exclusions/books/butcher/ixbutcher.xml&_requestid=260372"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.telegraph.co.uk/img/B27625C2-FE40-4D7F-AC4A-F7860F52AB15" alt="Tim Butcher's guides manoeuvre a motorbike across a log bridge" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=%2Farts/exclusions/books/butcher/ixbutcher.xml&_requestid=260372"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.telegraph.co.uk/img/E990E7B8-4B71-4C76-A6C4-0144F7D80111" alt="Henry Morton Stanley's map of the Congo river" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=%2Farts/exclusions/books/butcher/ixbutcher.xml&_requestid=260372"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.telegraph.co.uk/img/348B1FBC-6CF2-49B5-98F5-1F5BF1D4DA1A" alt="The motorbikes are transported in dugout canoes" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=%2Farts/exclusions/books/butcher/ixbutcher.xml&_requestid=260372"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.telegraph.co.uk/img/AD063C87-4D3B-4CB0-BABD-A5CA2A99DFE0" alt="The skeleton of a river steamer on the banks of the Congo" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=%2Farts/exclusions/books/butcher/ixbutcher.xml&_requestid=260372">With the help of pygmy guides riding motorbikes, Butcher travels 500 miles across the Badlands of Katanga and Maniema. Once a relatively prosperous area  filled with busy farms and served by roads and a railway (and visited by Evelyn Waugh), it is now devoid of vehicles, intact building or functioning businesses of any kind.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/1B7B0A85-F09E-4176-8DAA-0D9AA7C3EB53/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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