danajohnhill.org | Hard Times Come Again No More

My love of trains is well known. But did you also know that I am fascinated by African geography? For instance, the only mountain in the world I am interested in climbing before I die is Kilimanjaro. I was amazed by the NPR story of the runners who crossed the Sahara. I love The African Queen. And I am fascinated by the geography of the Congo.

So, finding this New York Times story about the railroad in Congo with an accompanying photographic slideshow was especially poignant to me. It’s a sad story about a kind of poverty most of us in the United States could not possibly imagine, and yet it is a way of life for millions of people. I’ll try and think about that next time I am upset by traffic, as I sit in my air conditioned car.

Filed under: Current Events, Geography, Musings, Transportation on September 4th, 2007