Chatting along the way, the car went out from Gisenyi, a border town in Rwanda, and arrived at the town of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo within a short time. Ω hunting "text Ω network Ww" W. Ω Lie Wen. CC

From a distance, a towering volcano can be seen standing in front of the town, with thick smoke billowing from the crater, threatening the lives of a million people nearby all the time.

The audience was also shocked by this silent magnificence, which is the mighty force of heaven and earth. Just looking at it from a distance makes one's heart tremble. Thick smoke is passed in the air, and it seems that the thrilling cry of the boiling lava lake in the depths of the volcano can be heard.

"It's spectacular!"

"I've waited so long for nothing."

"Grandpa Dog has worked hard. I will give you all the bamboo. Do you want to climb the active volcano in a while?"

"Nyiragongo Volcano, I also searched for pictures on the Internet, but I didn't expect the real scene to be so spectacular!"

This border area still belongs to Rwanda. The small town was densely populated, and when everyone arrived, there were everywhere the United Military Forces wearing blue clothes with the "un" logo printed on their bodies preparing to cross the border of Goma.

A strong exotic style is displayed in front of the camera, which is completely different from the previous Morocco.

Chen Ergou quietly photographed the passing UN vehicles, as well as the planes with the word "un" or the red cross flying overhead.

He explained in a low voice: "Friends, after a difficult trek, we finally arrived at the foot of the Nyiragongo Volcano, and our destination is ahead."

"I heard people from the tourism bureau here say that taking pictures in public is prohibited, and it is considered as 'obstructing national security'. Once found out, you may be arrested. So my current live broadcast has been defined as 'illegal candid filming', You have to keep a low profile."

"Have you seen the passing vehicles with the word 'un' printed on them?"

"You usually only see the United Nations troops and the International Red Cross planes from CCTV news, here, it is simply too common. The world's largest United Nations peacekeeping force is stationed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Goma is currently the United Nations aid The headquarters of the organization. Basically, there is a UN plane flying over the top of the head every ten minutes."

"Is there a feeling of turmoil?" He laughed: "The whole area still feels very peaceful to me. People set up stalls on the roadside and warmly greet the passing tourists to buy things. It seems calm on the surface, Peace, but this kind of peace is very fragile, as long as there is a slight movement, it can immediately shatter this tranquility."

There is no city in the town,

Resources are scarce, and some are just poorly furnished grocery stores. Looks like a Chinese rural kiosk from many years ago.

They walked in with curiosity, and after some conversation, the three of them came out with a fried cake each.

"This is a cake, but it's deep-fried. It looks weird. Let me taste it first..." Chen Ergou said, and started to eat.

But I almost didn't spit it out after taking a bite, and the bitter expression instantly filled the whole face, making the audience laugh again and again.

"23333, Master Dog's emoji package has been screenshotted."

"The cake is actually fried, what a novel food."

"Is it hard to eat? You can't be too picky."

Not only Chen Ergou had a weird expression, but Zhang Zhengyang and Chen Xiaohu also had mournful faces, chewing hard.

Chen Ergou couldn't bear to waste food, and almost ate it with tears in his eyes, and even drank several sips of water to get better.

"There are too few things here. The whole town of Goma lacks food and the prices are extremely high. Fortunately, we have enough bread, chocolate and drinking water in the car. It seems that this is the only thing we can eat in this grocery store." Fried cakes, but let's be honest, the taste...wasn't great!"

He stretched out his tongue and exhaled with a funny expression.

Everyone got together again, thinking about finding a restaurant to eat. But there are too many troops here, and everyone's range of activities is limited. After searching for a long time, they couldn't find a decent restaurant.

Finally found a restaurant in a thatched shed. Because the sign on the door said, "No weapons allowed."

Olivier went in first, looked at the prices of the restaurant menu, and was almost scared to run away. A pasta is 20 dollars, and the taste is really bad.

The three of Chen Ergou also had fun, barely filling their stomachs.

"There are actually a lot of restaurants here. Our movement is limited and we can't go to those places. But most of them are open to the United Nations, so the asking price is generally high. If you don't have a certain financial strength, I advise you not to come here."

Afterwards, he had to go to the tourism bureau to go to the relevant procedures for climbing the volcano. Chen Ergou was also in the expedition team, which also made it easier. Of course, any certificate here needs money, and there are additional resources, such as tour guides and bodyguards with guns, which are of course expensive.

You don't have to invite, but you will be responsible for your own safety. That sounded more like a threat. No one would risk their life for a few hundred dollars.

Olivier said: "Chen, there are two kinds of itineraries to the volcano. One is to go there on the same day and return on the same day. You can also spend the night on or on the top of the mountain. Which one do you choose?"

Chen Ergou thought for a while and said: "It's too late to go back that day. We also brought a tent and can spend the night in the crater. I heard that the crater will be spectacular at night. I don't want to miss it."

Olivier gave a thumbs up, "It's a wise choice, we are the same, and we are going to stay on the top of the mountain for a few days."

Chen Ergou said: "We won't stay for too long. After reading today, we will leave tomorrow. It seems that we will be separated in the future."

"It's okay, nice to meet you."

"same."

When I came to the place where the photo was taken, the so-called customs checkpoint was a small tin house with a yellow roof, and there were some people waiting in line at the door to cross the border. At the iron fence, there is a black staff member who checks the health yellow books of those who cross the border.

Oliveira grabbed Chen Ergou and said, "Chen, help me?"

"What?"

"Several of us got Congo visas in Kenya. The visas are processed very quickly there, and they can be picked up immediately. It only costs 50 US dollars. But here, the customs officials in ** do not want to recognize the validity of our visas." , they will let us reapply visas here..."

Chen Ergou wondered: "Then it's done, what's the problem?"

Olivier smiled wryly: "The customs here are notorious for extorting bribes. Getting a visa here is equivalent to sending them to your door for them to slaughter."

Chen Ergou understood, "Then you want to fool around?"

"Yes, we are now regarded as a group, I hope you will not reveal your truth."

"Understood." Chen Ergou nodded.

Some guilty peeking at the camera, in front of tens of millions of people in the live broadcast room, a dirty py transaction came, is it really okay?

"23333 Stop peeking, your eyes betray you."

"Grandpa Dog's sneak peek at the camera is so cute and cheap."

"Dirty py deal, this photographer probably doesn't know that Lord Dog is actually not short of money."

"6666, there is a good show to watch, and it's time for you to show off your acting skills."

Chen Ergou "Alexander" took a deep breath on purpose and said, "That's right, it's time to show the performance potential of the future actor, and maybe he can be chosen by some director to make a movie."

This group of expedition team is well equipped, and they look like fat sheep at first glance, and the customs will certainly not let them go. But they cooperated with each other, no matter what the other party said, they just pretended to be stupid, pretended to be ignorant, pretended not to understand, and answered nothing, so as to get away with it.

He explained in a low voice: "In fact, the three of us have all the documents, and we are just helping a group of friends. Although I am not short of these hundreds of dollars, I will not spend unjustly money to nourish the mother. It is said that in Goma The immigration department will ask for at least 200 US dollars for the visa on arrival! These customs also judge people, the more timid and bullying you are, sometimes they will ask for more bribes."

In the end, the few people performed clumsily. When the black official said something, everyone shrugged and spread their hands, with dumbfounded expressions on their faces.

This scene amused the audience in the live broadcast room, and there were a lot of laughing emoticons on the barrage. There are more and more people behind, and there are United Statesmen waiting to cross the border. They also had a bad temper and were noisy. In the end, the customs officer couldn't bear it, and the official seal was snapped.

Passed the customs, and did not give a penny more.

As soon as they walked out, everyone couldn't help but burst out laughing, "That guy's unwilling expression just made me laugh."

"I think we are regarded as fat sheep. Who knows that we are Grandet, and we don't pull out a dime."

There are so many people and lots of fun, which is very different from the previous adventure alone.

Everyone is going on an adventurous trip. No matter what country they are from, they are very friendly, and as long as they don't involve mutual interests, they all have a good time. After all, we need to know each other along the way, and no one will keep a straight face.

There are scattered volcanic rocks everywhere along the way, and some simple white iron huts are built on the messy volcanic rocks. There used to be lava flows here. There are also many black women walking from the side of the road with basins on their heads.

"This volcano is very active. Since 1948, it has experienced seven violent eruptions. The latest one was in 2002. Some geologists have indicated that there may be another eruption here in the last one or two years. Among them, 1977 1 The lunar volcanic eruption killed about 2,000 people in nearly half an hour. The famous summit crater of Nyiragongo Volcano, the active lava lake, was also formed in 1977."

"Nobody would put his life in danger if it wasn't for the sake of living."

They drove to the entrance of the Volcano Park, and there was a signboard written in French and English on the side of the road, but the camera was aimed at the past. The audience was all amazed——

Because this small sign is covered with dense bullet holes.

Three black men were waiting by the side of the road, two of them with guns.

Chen Ergou explained: "This is a tour guide sent by the Tourism Bureau, and there are two bodyguards with guns casually. This is included in the mountaineering permit, but the tour guide is limited, and there is an additional fee. Can't say no."

"666, and escorted by armed bodyguards, that's fine."

"The tour guide is fat, and it looks like a lucrative occupation."

"What is this fat man talking about? Why is he muttering non-stop? Translate, quickly translate and translate."

Chen Ergou listened for a while, and said with a smile: "That guy is asking us to help solicit customers, talking about hype, maybe the tour guides in every place are similar.

It was getting late, and everyone finally put on their huge backpacks and started trekking up the mountain.

The expedition team had a lot of luggage, and Chen Ergou also wanted to go deep into the lava lake, so he brought no less things than them. This is the first time he has taken so many things out on an adventure.

The volcano park is not barren of grass, and you can also see big trees covering the sky along the way, just like returning to the Congo rainforest. But the road under our feet was made by humans, not elephants.

The speed of the team was not fast, and the three of Chen Ergou did not surpass the others and moved forward alone.

The rare exotic volcanic park style around has made the live broadcast room more and more popular.

Chen Ergou also took the audience to visit Morocco before, but Morocco is a tourist attraction in North Africa after all, and rich people can visit it. But the active volcano in the Congo is different. It is a place where even the rich do not want to come.

Who would not be happy to be able to see the rare scenery in this life through a live broadcast room.

This is definitely a rare sight, and everyone is looking forward to it. I envy Chen Ergou's life of traveling and taking risks all over the world, and I wish I could get through the monitor and walk with him all the way.

The towering trees along the way are not tall, and it can be seen that these are secondary forests, which are often felled and poached. So much so that animal bones can often be seen along the way.

"There are five national forest parks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that have been listed as world natural heritage by UNESCO. Unfortunately, none of them have been protected, resulting in these five world heritage sites are currently in an endangered state, including this A volcano park."

Continue to go forward, and after an hour, you can't see the woods, and they come to the place where the magma flowed. Lava and lava stones are scattered all over the ground, and the feet are rough on them.

The three of them have good physical strength. They were originally at the end of the team, but now they have come to the front of the team.

"Can Xiaohu hold on? Do you want to take a rest?"

Chen Xiaohu dragged his backpack and said, "No, I can do it."

"Okay, call me when you're tired, we can rest for a while before leaving."

"Um."

There are some small yellow flowers in front, a bit like wild chrysanthemums, and a plant that looks like flowers, which are all over the mountains and plains. It's just that the big tree can't be seen anymore.

Chen Ergou picked some weird-looking fluffy flowers along the way, and Chen Xiaohu asked curiously, "Brother, what are these flowers for?"

"It's a dandelion, silly boy."

"Oh, so it's a dandelion."

Chen Ergou said with a smile: "It's just that the dandelion growing in the crater is a bit weird. Dandelion can be eaten raw, fried, or made into soup. It is a plant that can be used as both medicine and food. It has high nutritional value and is also edible. It has many medicinal effects, such as diuretic, laxative, jaundice-reducing, and choleretic. It can be used to treat heat-toxin, hot-dripping astringent pain, etc.”

"Then let's pick more, how can they grow in the crater?"

Chen Ergou said: "It's not surprising that it grows in the crater, not to mention that this is not a real crater. In this kind of place, the most indispensable thing under the soil is volcanic ash rich in nutrients. As long as the volcano is inactive, the precipitation will make the volcanic ash It is normal for wind or bird dispersal seeds to take root here."

As they communicated more and more, the audience began to get acquainted with the two.

It turns out that this silly boy is Master Dog's younger brother. Is it Chen Xiaohu? Although he is not as handsome as Mr. Dog, but he is not bad in appearance. Isn't that Mr. Tiger?

Someone picked up the resume of Chen Xiaohu, a top student of Beijing Film Academy, and he also captured a group of fans.

The two brothers took an adventure together, which made the younger sister who was still studying in Shanghai envious.

Everyone has passed through the tropical rainforest at an altitude of nearly 2,000 meters, and they have to climb up to the crater at an altitude of nearly 3,500 meters. Especially the last 500 meters of the volcano, the slope is very steep, and it is also the most dangerous area. The volcanic rocks there are very loose, and they will roll down if you don't pay attention, and you can smell the smell of burning sulfur in your nose and mouth.

It was getting late, and there was fog on the top of the mountain, and a thick layer of clouds covered the top of the volcano. "It seems to be raining. Everyone put on raincoats and quicken our pace. Let's go to the top of the mountain and set up camp early."

At some point, he had surpassed the tour guide and became the leader of the team. Seeing his energetic appearance, everyone admired him.

Sure enough, there was a heavy rainstorm on the way. Although it is located in the tropical rainforest, and it is near the crater, the temperature on the mountain is very low, and the rain falls on the body, making people shiver with cold.

Some people were unprepared. They bought their raincoats at the foot of the mountain, and they were all second-hand or even third-hand. I can only continue to climb the mountain in the rain with a sad face.

After several hardships, everyone finally climbed to the top of the volcano.

The cold people who had been blown by the cold wind hurriedly started to set up tents.

It was already dark at this time, and Chen Ergou stood on the black volcanic rock of the highest crater, looking up.

He couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief, with a natural smile on his face, "Friends, we're here!"

When the audience in the entire live broadcast room saw the scene in front of them, they all swiped "666".

"Beautiful, it's so beautiful!"

"Is this the active lava lake? It's so spectacular!"

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