Blood River av Tim Butcher

<b>A compulsively readable account of an African country now virtually inaccessible to the outside world and one journalist's daring and adventurous journey.</b><br><br>When <i>Daily Telegraph</i> correspondent Tim Butcher was sent to cover Africa he quickly became obsessed with the idea of recreating H.M. Stanley's famous expedition - but travelling alone. Despite warnings that his plan was 'suicidal', Butcher set out for the Congo's eastern border with just a rucksack and a few thousand dollars hidden in his boots. Making his way in an assortment of vessels including a motorbike and a dugout canoe, helped along by a cast of characters from UN aid workers to a campaigning pygmy, he followed in the footsteps of the great Victorian adventurers.<br><br><b>VINTAGE VOYAGES: A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mind</b>