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EPISODE · Jun 6, 2026 · 14 MIN

Five Weeks in a Balloon Chapter 43

from The Jules Verne Library · host Jules Verne

In which our intrepid travellers find themselves pursued by the fierce Talabas across a barren and ravaged landscape, their fragile balloon slowly losing strength under the noon sun and the ravages of time. With no recourse but daring ingenuity, they resort to inflating their balloon with hot air to cross the perilous Senegal River, only to be met at journey's end by a fortuitous and surprising encounter on the riverbank.

In which our intrepid travellers find themselves pursued by the fierce Talabas across a barren and ravaged landscape, their fragile balloon slowly losing strength under the noon sun and the ravages of time. With no recourse but daring ingenuity, they resort to inflating their balloon with hot air to cross the perilous Senegal River, only to be met at journey's end by a fortuitous and surprising encounter on the riverbank.

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