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They're shooting at the planes? >> airport employee: no, normally, no. [ laughter ] okay, we'll see you after, after your trip. >> dan: yeah, yeah, yeah. >> airport employee: okay, have a good one. >> anthony: lifting off from goma, we head out over the shores of lake kivu before circling back north, northeast. our destination, what conrad referred to in "heart of darkness" as the inner station. here, surrounded by dense jungle, lies our rendezvous with the congo river, a waterway responsible for both building this country and helping to destroy it. so much lobster, so little time. at red lobs...

Contrary to my assumptions when i arrived in a place. that's a really good feeling. wow, nice. have to wait this one out a little bit. crashes are pretty commonplace. not so long ago, a plane with nearly 100 people onboard went down on the same route we're taking today. >> most plans crash in congo crash because of the weather, right? >> yeah, most of the time. yeah. >> not us. don't worry. >> the weather clears up. sort of. so we decide to give it a go. our destination, what conrad referred to in heart of darkness as the inner station. here surrounded by dense jungle lies our rendezvous with ...

Other places sneak up on you, like over the course of a week or however many days i'm on location, gradually confound my expectations. i come out thinking something very different -- or very contrary to my assumptions when i arrived in a place. that's a really good feeling. wow, nice. have to wait this one out a little bit. crashes are pretty common place. not so long ago, a plane with nearly 100 people onboard went down on the same route we're taking today. >> most planes that crash in congo crash because of the weather, right? >> yeah, most of the time. >> not us. don't worry. the weather cl...

>> wow, nice. >> has to wait this one out a little. crashes are pretty commonplace. not so long ago a plane with nearly 100 people on board went down on the same route we're taking today. >> most planes crash in congo crash because of the weather, right? >> yeah, most of the time, yeah. >> not us. don't worry. >> impossible. >> the weather clears up, sort of. so we decide to give it a go. our destination, what conrad referred to at heart of darkness as the inner station. here lies our rendezvous with the congo river. in "heart of darkness," conrad writes about the greed. it was robbery with vi...

Contrary to my assumptions when i arrived in a place. that's a really good feeling. wow, nice. have to wait this one out a little bit. crashes are pretty common place. not so long ago, a plane with nearly 100 people onboard went down on the same route we're taking today. >> most plane s crash in congo crash because of the weather, right? >> yeah, most of the time. >> not us. don't worry. the weather clears up -- sort of. so we decide to give it a go. our destination, what conrad referred to in heart of darkness as the inner station. here surrounded by dense jungle lies our rendezvous with the ...