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Traversa
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Inspired by the legendary explorers who first crossed the African heartland, Fran Sandham left the daily grind of London to undertake an extraordinary adventure. He traveled on foot across Africa from the Skeleton Coast on the southwest tip of the African continent through Namibia, Zambia, Malawi, and Tanzania, until he reached the Indian Ocean. Traversa is the fascinating account of the hardships and hilarity that he experienced during his epic solo journey.
Sandham describes his brushes with lions and snakes, land mines and bandits, his two-month battle with a syphilitic donkey, malaria, cockroaches the size of mice, and the other everyday troubles that arise when walking across Africa. Underpinned with the stories of his forerunners--David Livingstone, Sir H. M. Stanley, and Sir Francis Galton, among others--Traversa is the enthralling account of a real-life modern-day adventure against the elements.
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“Journeys like this always fascinate me, the ability to tear away from life and walk or travel alone, immersed in a new place. In this case, Fran Sandham embarked on a solo walk across Africa, from the Skeleton Coast to the Indian Ocean.
Traversa is part travel writing, part history, recounting Sandham's voyage through deserts, game reserves, falls, and eventually reaches the coast. As expected there are trials and tribulations, hunger, thirst, pain, and other hardships. However, the tone is informal and chatty, and his narration is witty and entertaining, which contrasted well with the segments of history of the many countries he passed through.
Of course there are snippets of other explorers experiences like Livingstone, Stanley, Galton, and Grogan, to which he details how their journeys differed to his.
If you're looking for a sense of adventure and looking to live vicariously through other people's travels, this is a great travelogue to get stuck into. I was already craving an adventure, but I am even more so now.”
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