Facing the Congo
by Jeffrey Tayler
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London: Abacus, 2002. Used. At thirty-three one's direction in life should be clear, and mine was not. In search of some direction, or at least a new challenge, Jeffrey Tayler gave up his day job of opening rejection letters from publishers and went exploring. Having always been fascinated by Africa and the great age of Victorian exploration he went to Kinshasa in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo) and found a boat to take him up-river to Kisangani, deep in the heart of the jungle. Not content with that, he then bought a pirogue (a kind of canoe), hired a guide and set out to paddle the 1000 miles back to Kinshasa.
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JEFFREY TAYLER is the author of Siberian Dawn: A Journey Across the New Russia . He writes for Condé Nast Traveler , Spin , Harper’s , and other publications and is a commentator on NPR’s All Things Considered. Two of his essays appear in the inaugural edition of The Best American Travel Writing . He lives in Russia.
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- Title
- Facing the Congo
- Author
- Jeffrey Tayler
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- Paperback
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2002
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