Rome Was Not Ready For Us… | UCOA Episode 27

Rome gave us pasta, Vatican City, tiny elevators... and a hotel-room showdown at 2am. This episode has everything. This week on Under Construction, Chauncey shares his family trip to Rome: the funny moments, the beautiful sights, the metro chaos, and an uncomfortable restaurant experience that left the whole family asking questions. Then we get into Ash Dykes’ wild expedition through the Congo Basin: 700km by kayak, heat that can pop an inflatable boat, hippos, leeches, indigenous tribes, and a journey that makes the Amazon look almost relaxing. We also debate whether monkeys actually like bananas, whether Steph Curry or Kobe Bryant was more influential, and build our basketball Mount Rushmore. Would you survive a Congo Basin kayak expedition? Tell us in the comments. Chapters 00:00 Blanket hacks and aerobics dancing 01:00 Welcome to Under Construction 02:00 Marathon signatures and State Property 04:15 Chauncey’s family trip to Rome 07:45 The hotel-room knocking incident 13:20 Rome metro chaos 16:15 The restaurant experience 20:45 Vatican City and the Sistine Chapel 22:30 Italy’s tiny elevators 25:45 Ash Dykes’ Congo Basin expedition 29:45 Hippos, leeches and jungle survival 33:10 Suriname’s Amazon records 34:45 Do monkeys actually like bananas? 36:25 Kobe Bryant vs Steph Curry 42:35 Basketball Mount Rushmore 44:45 Closing thoughts Follow us for clips, behind-the-scenes moments, reaction videos and updates from Under Construction: Socials Instagram   / underconstruction.oa   Tiktok   / underconstruction.oa   #UnderConstruction #rome #italytravel #travelstories #congobasin #AshDykes #amazon #kobebryant #stephcurry #basketballpodcast #travelpodcast #entertainmentpodcast