The boaters – two Americans and a South African – traveled some 1,000 miles of river this way, through some of the densest concentrations of man-killing wildlife in the world. They were on a quiet stretch of [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2010/12/kayaking-tragedy-in-the-congo-basin/feed/ 0 http://www.chineblog.com/2007/12/dugout-canoe-from-the-congo-river-basin/ http://www.chineblog.com/2007/12/dugout-canoe-from-the-congo-river-basin/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:52:33 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/archives/247-guid.html One of my favorite web sites is that for the African Wildlife Foundation (full disclosure: it was designed and build by my company, Forum One Communications). It is packed full of gorgeous images, but I kept running into one that stuck with me, for obvious reasons.

This, my friends, is a lovely dugout canoe [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2007/12/dugout-canoe-from-the-congo-river-basin/feed/ 0 http://www.chineblog.com/2006/07/canoes-bring-democracy-in-the-congo/ http://www.chineblog.com/2006/07/canoes-bring-democracy-in-the-congo/#comments Tue, 01 Aug 2006 02:21:23 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/archives/65-guid.html

I love these stories, like this one from Reuters or this one from the UN about dugout canoes bring ballots to parts of the Congo. Who says traditional boats don’t still have important geopolitical roles to play?

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