Section 428 Into the Congolese Rainforest
At the farmers' market, many people surrounded the place where Chen Rui was standing.
At this time, the guide Rabachi. Kamba mumbled something to those people, and then showed them pictures one by one.
Then the men began to babble.
Chen Rui looked at Rabach. Kamba, in English, said, "Well, did you get some useful clues from them?" ”
“NO!” Rabac. Kamba waved his hand and said, "They're just curious about the dinosaurs in the picture." ”
The two left the farmer's market disappointed.
Next, Rabac. Kamba takes Chen Rui to nearby villages along the banks of the river and on the edge of the rainforest, hoping to get some clues.
After a few days, there were no clues at all.
Chen Rui is ready to go upstream along the Congo River, into the jungle, to the most primitive and wild place in the world, to find the tribes that live deep in the rainforest, hoping to find some clues from these people who have dealt with the jungle all their lives.
However, Chen Rui is very unfamiliar with this vast Congo rainforest, which is second only to the tropical rainforest of the Amazon basin and is known as the 'second lung of the earth'.
It was very difficult for Chen Rui to find the primitive tribe living in the jungle by himself, communicate with the people of the primitive tribe, and inquire about clues.
Therefore, Chen Rui needs a few guides who are willing to go with him into the Congolese rainforest.
These guides are required to be very familiar with the rainforest environment.
It is also required to be able to understand Lingala, or Kyrcongo. Chiluba and Swahili, one of the languages of Swahili.
Chen Rui shared his request with Rabachi. Kamba spoke briefly and offered him $4,000 to hire him. Ask him if he would like to continue to be his own guide into the rainforest.
$4000 is a very large amount of money.
In a simple comparison, China has many mining companies in the DRC.
The salary for hiring a black temporary worker for a day is 1,500 Congolese francs, about 1.75 US dollars, which is equivalent to about 10 yuan, and there are a lot of people who are willing to do it.
With a monthly salary of $200, the DRC is middle-class.
$4,000 is a very large amount of money, Rabag. Camba, of course, is very willing.
Chen Rui made Rabaci again. Kamba to find 3 more guides. The hire price is $3,000 for Bilabache. Kamba is 1,000 less, and there are more than a dozen security guards. Keep everyone safe.
Day 3.
Rabac. Kanba found the 3 guides and more than a dozen security guards that Chen Rui needed.
More than a dozen security guards, some of whom also had guns.
Chen Rui was ready to set off, swimming along the Congo River.
Because, the Congo River is very fast. In particular, after the Congo River flows through Kinshasa and Brazzaville. There is a rapidly descending watershed known as Livingstone Falls.
However, due to the large amount of water, people cannot see the actual waterfall, and what is displayed in front of people's eyes is the rapids.
If it could be counted as a waterfall, it would be the largest and fastest flowing waterfall in the world.
Boats can't go up the rapids.
Led by a guide, I had to walk along the riverbank.
Because it's not easy to get lost in the vast rainforest. Also, it's easier to find tribes that live in the rainforest.
Because. Most of the tribes lived along the river.
The river provides them with plenty of water, but it also gives them plenty of food, and there are many fish in the Congo River, and a very large variety of wildlife lives on the banks of the Congo River.
Chen Rui walked in the middle.
Today, Chen Rui wears a jungle hat, a denim shirt on his upper body, quick-drying loose pants on his lower body, military shoes on his feet, and a canvas waterproof backpack on his back.
Although the guide in the team, although the security guard was not dressed as formally as Chen Rui, he also covered his whole body tightly, and beat a legging with a strip of cloth on his feet.
In the jungle, you have to wear it like this.
First, there are a lot of poisonous snakes and insects in the jungle.
Second, to prevent mosquitoes, it is the rainy season, it is the time for mosquitoes to breed in large numbers, and the weather is hot and sultry, and the vegetation in the jungle is dense, dark and damp, which breeds mosquitoes. There are very many mosquitoes, like the bombers of World War II, densely packed.
Mosquitoes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are more virulent than those in the country and are susceptible to malaria. Malaria is very frequent in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and if left untreated, this disease is sure to be fatal.
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the number of people who die each year from malaria is equivalent to the number of people who die in a medium-sized war.
Even if the lives of Congolese people are not worth much.
But no one wants to joke with their lives.
Chen Rui followed the team to walk in the rainforest, the dense plants blocked the sun, through the dense leaves, the vines could shine on the ground very little sunlight, the surrounding environment was very dark and damp, the ground was full of rotten fallen leaves and plants, and there was a burst of rotten smell in the air.
All kinds of shade-loving snakes and insects are infested with it.
There was just a heavy rain today.
The rainy season in the DRC runs from November to May.
It's November, and the rainy season in the DRC has just arrived, and it basically rains every 2 to 3 days.
Chen Rui's clothes were soaked, slippery and slippery on his skin, coupled with the sultry weather, which made Chen Rui very uncomfortable.
"Let's take a break, everybody." Chen Rui said.
Chen Rui found that the physical strength of the black man was very good, and he walked several kilometers in the jungle with twenty or thirty pounds of salute on his back, and he looked very relaxed, without panting.
In fact, it is true that the physical fitness of whites and yellows is far inferior to that of blacks, and many of the world's long-distance runners and sprint champions are almost all blacks. The East African race of long-distance running, the West African species of sprinting, means that the Olympic men's 10,000-meter run is monopolized by black runners whose ancestors come from East Africa, and the 100-meter dash is monopolized by black runners whose ancestors come from West Africa.
Everyone sat down, drank some water, ate some dry food, rested for half an hour, and continued to set off.
Walked in the dense rainforest for 3 or 4 days.
Finally came to a black man's village.
The village is very simple.
The houses were all thatched huts, and they built a frame out of wood that could be cut down at will, covered with leaves, thatch, and then smeared with mud, and this was their dwelling.
A house like this can only be simply sheltered from the wind and rain, and in the event of heavy rain, it can only be temporarily crammed, and where the water is bad, it will be blocked.
Chen Rui walked over.
The people of this village may not have seen outsiders for a long time.
The whole village ran out.
looked at Chen Rui and his party curiously. (To be continued......)