Deadliest Journeys - Congo’s trucks
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 เม.ย. 2018
- Five times bigger than France, third largest country in Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is, foremost, one of the world’s richest countries in raw materials. There’s cobalt, mainly used in mobile phones and the aeronautics industry, copper, zinc, gold and diamonds in astounding quantities. Our cameras focused on Katanga, a province in the south of the DRC, which has three quarters of the country’s wealth. We accompany Eugene, owner of a truck, laden to the top with goods, that must travel from Lubumbashi, the country’s economic capital, to his native city of Bukama, 400 miles to the north. The journey from Lubumbashi to Bukama takes four days. At the wheel is « the prince of the highway », answering to the name of Domingo, aided by three escorts: Elephant, Bijou and Maroquin. They cling onto the outside of the truck and are the driver’s eyes and ears throughout the journey. We accompanied them for the whole of the trip, a nightmare along almost totally unusable roads, an African remake of the « Wages of Fear » set against a background of organized looting of the country’s wealth by three principal countries: China, India and the USA. -
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I have never seen a people so positively minded than these. UNBELIEVABLE!!!
How long from Lubumbashi to Bukama:
Google Maps - 7h
Domingo - 4 days
Reality - 30 days
Watched this in 2018, now seeing it again 2020. Breathtaking every time, probably the same in 2030. Excellent narrator BTW.
Shout out the guy who translates...he makes it so easy to watch these documentaries. 👋🍾🍾🍾
There are times when I come across people who just impress the socks off of me.... and this series of amazing people does it every time...
Sergeant Crow spoken like a real one
@scrambo mills you are an idiot! ... enjoying your stupidity. Pray do tell how "easy" it is.
T Mac
It's extremely easy with the right, highly educated, highly trained and experienced engineers
1 Such documentaries=100 motivational videos. Respect to my African brothers.
janis vogel - It is not what another human being believe what you are. All that matters at the end of the day is what you believe about yourself.
True
@janis vogel how about your brothers? What do they believe you amount to? A heap perhaps?
I had work whit african people,,,,and alot of them are very humble,,good heart...very respect full .
Areas on Brazil where "African Americans" are majority (north and northeast) are the same: terrible roads, porly keept infrastructure and high p0verty but they are aways having partys and smiling. Areas in Brazil where "European Americans" are majority (south) have good infrastructure and hight quality of life, but people are aways serious and busy (depr3ssion is a problem). Its a emulation of Africa and Europe. Its quite funny how behaviours are sometimes more connected to genes than to culture.
@@Daniel-du7pv cuz them european americans are busy making money. So that when they retire they can go partying and eating out everyday.. There is a fine line between poor and upper class rich.. The poor always loves the short term.. Party when young, but when they grow old and penniless they would regret not working hard enough when they were young...
The narrators voice is brilliant! So polite, but it’s not what their actually saying! He never swore once LOL!
Instablaster...
This puts ice road trucks to shame, that's a challenge for the man and machine...
you get stuck your truck in congo, you get tanned while waiting,
you get stuck in icy roads (ex.siberia), you start freezing. it is not only about the truck, it is also about "What if" circumstances..
They should try Bolivia or Nepal, its not the fall , its the long way down.
Should be.... Cong Road truckers
Well.....at least it’s warm out!!!
Yeah and this is not accounting for brigans and militia men in the jungle.
It's cool watching big trucks on rough terrain and awesome countryside. The driver seems to be a top notch businessman. Thanks for the video.
I bet your wife is an absolute smoke show
The journey is an event, one that brings forth stories to no end. Fun entertaining and deeply human, even in the worst
circumstances no excuses, we survive. True freedom no government here
Domingo must have the world’s strongest left leg. So much shifting (though I’m sure he’s a pro at float shifting too). Also, what an amazing and delicate touch on the grass pedal. Pretty smooth on such crappy roads.
i drove 600km in 8 hours in latvia,cant even compare that to a whole month crazy how these people live
"Only Moses could've made it through this road" I like that guy... Very smart and witty with the comments.
Corruption is destroying/has destroyed that continent!
So you have been to all over Africa
Wall street decides the price . Products of Africa don;'t get good price.
and colonialism
Where does the fish's rot start? ... And who are at the top? Really at the top?
very true brother
Am proud to be Kenyan. As much as life here gets expensive every single day.. but at least we have very good roads. This is so sad.
IVECO truck company should pay this man..he's shown how hardy this vehicle is
i totally agree..
@@patrickyatich593 he dint pay a poor woman tho
@@BrunoNjonjo unfortunately, he didn't have the money too
Having 700,000 miles on it too....that's pretty impressive
@@ianngugi3638 kilometres, not miles.
This is the best series I've ever seen.
The narrator is hilarious. Something so unique about this series. I agree 100%>
Agreed, I love the narrator. I've found and watched all of these i could find.
Who makes these?
Completely agree with all of you. Stumbled across this and it is fantastic.
This is great im with you all as well, i would love to visit Africa, i wish i was rich enough to go and help these amazing people.
Best narrator
"We are packed like sardines up here!"
"That's your problem. You knew that before we set off!"
🤣😂😅😆😄
Wow being a trucker from the US this intrigues me so much.
Joe Joe Robinson you are a truck mover not driver .
But your fucking leader doesn't intrigue any educated person. FUCK trump!
@@karstenlink3921 why you have to make it about trump?
Can't wait for African Truck Simulator..
Lol 😂
lmao
lol
😂😂😂... Hehe.. Boy that will make jumanji seem like child's play
GTA in congo
The best narrator ever!! Who is this guy? Very funny and personable!
Tony Comiti.
The richest country in the world in terms of natural resources. Such a shame
I love how they speak. What a beautiful, resourceful and intelligent people they are. They learn to make due what their government is lacking.
Amazing how they deal with flooded roads and awful conditions. We're used to elevated roadways and paving that doesn't disintegrate (and systems that virtually eliminate roadway piracy) but this advanced society can teach us all!
This was back when we had real actual journalism
Who's we ? this is the English translation of a French documentary series. They still make this sort on contents in various parts of Europe.
murika
the breakdown of truck was bad karma for not paying the lady
Yup! Instant Karma.
He wrong for not paying that lady
True I felt for her
VERY VERY WRONG!!! I CAN ONLY IMAGINE CONSIDERING HER SITUATION AS WELL. MY HEART SANK!!!
I feel for her
He'll pay for it, and he'll regret it, then it's too late.
Nancy Drew
"He wrong"?
I’ll never complain about our potholes again!
This is what adventure is all about & i'm Lovin it.
That is exactly what they get for not paying the lady for their meals. That is not the way to treat people.
i felt it was off as well
The truck broke down because they did not pay the food they ate
Amen!!
I agree a 100%
do you have any idea of how hard they must work to live? who are you to judge one of them? how do you know the debt was not paid? these are more honest people than the "western" culture has to offer,
Thumbs up for the commentary I can't stop laughing 😀
The narrator does it again! I can't stop laughing.!
Does what?
Yes, giving wrong translations heheeheh
@@meshachkoech2979 For example? :)
The Nepal Trip Video is Awsome - you should see it
*@Kyle Butler* _"The narrator does it again!"_ ...as in giving "again" an amusing narration , like in all these stunning episodes........ thought it was obvious what Elain meant ......
Fisto mayimba my brother ..ur hardwork is inspiring...things will get better
Toward the end the guy says, "We must work together for the benefit of all"....followed-up by one man with a shovel.
a good representation of what's killing africa
you've killed me!!! rofwl!!!
These guys are tougher than steel.
Ooh God .. I have never laughed over suffering. I just couldn't hold it. Domingo is on another level, I truly wish him well, perhaps he purchases his own truck . The two brothers searching for precious stones are way beyond repair. Congolese are positive minded folks, I just learned it from this documentary. the narrator made it much riveting
Hhh Hhh
Fuhh lmao!
mama kayembe u fooled me...#the song#😂😂😂 and smokin damn it🔥🔥🔥
Awesome video.
and i moan about morning rush hour
I GUESS THAT MAKES IT THE MOANING RUSH HOUR
I can't imagine one full day stuck in the mud! These guys have been stuck for months! Savage!
@@AmerigoMagellan they deserved it for treating the lady unfairly not paying for their food 🙄
I feel this is a 48 minute commercial for IVECO.
and pepsi cola,come alive you're in the pepsi generation!!
Why not the tyres and the clothes they're wearing?
yah,,,,but IVECO deserves a credit
bluedahlia82 sjw mentality
so impressed by the way he allocate the time for prayer in between his busy schedules
Very enjoyable video to watch - I call it the Hyway to Hell -
The Narrator is Awsome - Thank you for sharing
Thumbs up to the driver, Domingo wewe ni munoma!!! 10/10 Those lorries are not made in china! heee! couldn't believe how they didn't topple over. lakini Domingo alifanya vibaya kukataa kulipa mama ntilie. no wonder they got stuck! sio vizuri kudhulumu jasho la mtu.
the cow on the bicycle 21:22
If this was a Chinese lorry, then the engine would not have even started
That driver is the man , seriously those corrupt politicans need the fork up the money for infrastructure
They must follow the code of every african leader-- Spend as much as you can on lavishing yourself with nice things like a palace and european car collection and do nothing to help people until they finally behead you and put another leader in place to repeat the process.
VERY interesting. Nice to finally get some news from Congo.
I have watched 25 minutes and I hope Domingo gets whats coming to him for refusing to pay that poor woman..
The Congo leaders have to come to Tanzania to learn something about good road infrastructure.Our roads in Tanzania are good enough for a truck driver to cover 600 kilometers in under 18 hours east-west,north-south.
In South Africa you can still do that in 6 hours. But in a few years... Who knows.
Love my country Kenia
So much to learn from this video.
@14:38, very true... this is what I miss about Africa = camaraderie/sharing... We live in communities and generally work together as a team.
long life africa
Good, their truck broke because they didn't pay that poor, lovely woman for their meal, that is not right. What that lady from the restaurant should do is what they do at fast food restaurants...pay first, then get food, you don't pay first, you don't get served.
hoping that they did pay on their next journey around!!
Oh is that so? Or is it because it was a 20 year old piece of junk that had no single original part left in it with half a million + kilometres under its wheels and overloaded to the extreme, being run on non-existent roads?
At which exact point in time in your culture/society/country did logic die and stupid third world variety superstition take over?
This documentary shld have part 2 of the return journey from there destination going back home to lububashi. Nice work guys
The narrator on these always cracks me up.
i just hope for the best for the Congo people. We should stop complaining and appreciate what we have am sure they have more serious issues to solve. Am so sad.
All the love in the word ❤ came from africa ❤❤❤
Africans unite we need each other more than ever now don't you see,go back home with idea's show the way and with patience regrow Africa brother's and sisters.
This narrator is awsome. 😂😂
Respect to the drivers who drive that road
36:29 has broken my heart. Exploitation of the highest degree.
elijah aywago ..so sad, I'm so sick of human suffering! Will it ever end?
i hope so....but really, there has to be intervention to stop these whit men from exploiting us. i thouhg that exploitation ended with colonialisation
I seen no white men in this video exploiting anyone. I seen some Chinese men in an SUV though. Plus it looks like people living there are exploiting each other. Domingo not wanting to pay that woman for feeding him..that's exploitation. The government that's run my Congolese (non-white) are also exploiting their own people as well.
who mentioned White men?
@@elijahaywago7274 stop blaming white people white this white that do something about it stop laying blame on other people excuses excuses excuses.
The 2 brothers were just blazing it up after a long days of hard work.
AFTER EUGENE DID NOT PAY THE WOMAN, HIS TRUCK BROKE DOWN! KARMA EUGENE! 😂😂😂
Just pay her the money
Hahaha. She knew what was coming.
Instant Karma.
They work hard and are not easy to despair. I respectfully 😎💪
My brother fisto an kirigo ...very inspiring
My favourite narrator.... does a very good job especially when doing the interpretation with those exclamations and small talks. After watching the other video about the ferry journey I was hooked....😊...
No more traffic complaints from me!
That’s a hard knock life
I have watched this episode 5x already. Great documentary. I just thought i also saw this on a different channel called SHOW ME THE WORLD.
1 mo th to travel 600km. A 6 hour drive in a 1st world country.
It is heart breaking to see that people still live in such bad conditions regardless of the country s richness *minerals*.
Its all so tiresome.
Best session i have ever seen ...
Wow that’s amazing hard-working people they deserve a nice roll my prayers 💯💯
Sad to watch this as an African though I'm not Congolese. It's painful to imagine the suffering they have to endure for such a distance
Amazing people indeed. However I have several questions? What does it take to bring about change? Enough hardship? Or do we sometimes fall in love with the romance of the problem and find it "comforting" to comment about how bad things are (coz it validates that we are strong and can withstand much) or angry enough to start using brains over brawn?
Is it impossible for us to come up with solutions? i.e ... the truckers know the conditions of the roads but they are not coming up with solutions to improve them? I am not talking about tarmac paving, but there is more than enough labour, digging tools and rocks to make better???
Do you realise how poor DRC is? Its GDP per capita is less than 500 dollars per year; the majority of the people can only dream of earning that much. They're hard pressed just to survive as it is.
Hi Giovanni. I totally realise that. I also realise that most successful people come from the worst of circumstances. Yes, the GDP Per Capita is low, and the people are hard pressed to survive.But does this mean the people cant come together, use natural resources and make some form of repairs to worst parts of the roads? Do they have to wait for external help for this? They are resourceful enough to be able to buy trucks, surely they have enough hands to make the roads better in some way?
@@tygewellman5352 our mindset is our problem. Its tough, I know because I have been through many hardships but sometimes one stays longer in problems because one gets fixated in the problem and spends more time thinking on the problem than the solution. It;s a very small shift in mindset that is required, everything else is there
@@mck5549 the solution is that the people need to unite together. But they cannot do that until they learn to love each other first. They need to become true Christians and stop being Liars. They also need to get rid of Islam from their countries or they will fail.
@@tygewellman5352 we don't have such problems in kenya. And our roads are not so bad!
Good narration
Fisto an my brother kirigo , you guys rock ...
The attitude is unbelievable the guy says Hey white man when you get home tell them to help fix our road despite the Congo government having lots of money from the mineral
The Congo government is corrupted , the money goes to the president , army , and ministers.
He spoke the truth, white People stole all the minerals, gold and more, think abouth belgian conolism how kild miljoens of Congolees People.
The white People have the last word to say or to speak abouth attitude or corruption.
Just saying
Dont take it personal bud, not all people are intelligent like you.
I wish I could send ever rich kid and spoiled brat there for a year so they can get a taste of what it is like to work.
Eff should go there they can learn some food things
I would like to suggest road building. That would suffice, and they should of course be paid the wage that the local inhabitants would had got.
Can we send the criminals also! Definitely these entitled kids and their parents
Just because someone is rich doesn't mean they dont know how to work, judgemental asshat
no doubt there are many people in the world who think YOU have it too easy and could a lesson from THEM, not teach one to the 'rich kid' you are punishing. Everything is relative when you are judging others.
If only I had the money I'd help get the road paved and better trucks. This sure speaks to work ethic.
love the entrepreneur spirit!!!
"Hey you white man, when you go home tell them to rebuild our roads."
Well I never...
eugine pay for the meal... remember the prayer before you started the journey
Beautiful landscape
The deadliest journey in Nepal is awsome - The Narrator is so funny 😍
Do these people even vote or they are just told who is now leading them
Grateful to hear the men and the villagers pray. Encouraged my heart! Thank you.
because that helps them right?
How we can help this people
Prayer does not help them, they need to stop waiting for a saviour and start working towards their own liberation.
OH NONEXISTENT JESUS, WE BUILT THE TRUCK AND THE ROADS, WE ARE DRIVING THE FUCKIN THING NOT YOU, BUT THANK YOU ANYWAY ARTIFICIAL JESUS
Don't listen to these godless men. I've died and been to heaven when I was six. The next day God opened my eyes to people like them calling to me from the Outer Darkness "help meeeeee!!!". God shall not be mocked.
Feeling so sad for what is happening in Democratic republic of Congo and south Sudan, we have to stop this unnecessary fighting,it is women, children and elderly people that suffer a lot during conflict and it not easy to be a refugees.
"it is women, children and elderly people that suffer a lot during conflict and it not easy to be a refugees."
stop "thinking of the children (women , an elderly)" it's EVERYBODY that is suffering in this conflict, non of the people in general want to be part of the conflict, no matter how big the fight gets it's always a vast majority that is not willing to fight that suffer.
sure the vast majority of the army fighting is made up of men, but the vast majority of the people suffering is made up of civilians, the people willing to fight a proxy ware needs to realize that they are getting used to wage a fight that they "themselves" and "their loved one" will never "win".
They might "win the war", but come home to half the city being destroyed.
I can assure you if the neighbors invade I'd be the first one to get the hell out of there, and if my government ask me to "pick up arms and fight the enemy" I'd pretend I was a blind young child if that got me out of that war, if that doesn't work I'd reject my nationality and just claim I'm an illegal immigrant that needs to get deported.
Africa is so beautiful yet so poor but with so much happiness. I miss Africa, all the time.
Funny thing is that 60% or so of the comments in the thread is by a device with components mined in Congo
Source?
"Only Moses could've made it on this road" I feel sorry for that man
I lived in the US for twenty years and eventually returned to Africa. Crazy, but nothing can really replace Africa, nothing.
700,000 KM mileage IVECO truck is still new for them 😅! However I hope this man has a better truck in 2020.
Im going to buy a IVECO
Look for iveco euro tracker
I'd be far more impressive if they built some roads.
Well he didn't pay for his meal then his part breaks off ... karma
Impress yourself first and learn proper grammer😕
@@sheniquemedina5685 * grammar
@@cancelled_user the irony
OMG they were stuck for eleven days and maybe for another two weeks
A journey of four days takes a month - wowzer!
If these people put their heads together and worked together during the dry season they could build good roads.
If the Romans could build a road thousands of miles long then why can't You!.
Leave our minerals alone and you'll see what we can do.
@@alexyegon2381 We don't have minerals, but we have good roads all over, even in the deepest rural areas. I'm from the Caribbean and my little country is about 750 sq miles and has a population of a little over or lower than 70 000. "Seventy thousand". The country is celebrating it's 40th year of independance right at this moment. You all are always putting the blame on others. Why don't they put theirselves together by carrying stones and whatever materials to fill those holes and fix the roads. You all are a bunch of laughters. Blame yourself and your corrupted government !!
Totally agree with Clara. I went to Brazzerville earlier this year and the roads were not much different than in program. Get off your arse and sort it out.... Always someone elses fault.
@@malbig2344 Please don't insult them. They are having to go through a lot !
@@clarahilaire182 What is the name of your Island?
Welcome to Congo that's how we do it
when you ride the greyhound bus in america, passengers are brutally raped every three miles and one is shot, and that is the first class bus, but they do feature a continental breakfast of moldy stale bread and unsafe water
Afoyo Joice i want to learn from you
“Only Moses can drive down here”! Moses Owns the 4x4 center!
"Who's singing over there" is a great movie similar to the topic of this documentary