chapman's review
4.0
An exciting and at times nerve wracking trip across an amazing continent with a huge variety of cultures. This and the other adventures are inspiring and exciting.
robin_go's review
4.0
A compelling page-turner providing interesting insights about developing Africa and illustrating how things that we've read/heard about a country can play with our minds.
Out of the desert and on her own, you are genuinely worried for her in the scary, edgy moments. Eliciting that heart-in-mouth emotional response in the reader is one of the hallmarks of punchy travel-writing. And that's what this is for great sections.
The cross-Sahara chapters could have stood less focus on the group-dynamics but I understand how, in a sometimes featureless landscape, the writings in a travel diary might steer towards recording such engagements. However there's much inspiration to be found here, along with a thoughtful, honest tone and chutzpah in spades.
Out of the desert and on her own, you are genuinely worried for her in the scary, edgy moments. Eliciting that heart-in-mouth emotional response in the reader is one of the hallmarks of punchy travel-writing. And that's what this is for great sections.
The cross-Sahara chapters could have stood less focus on the group-dynamics but I understand how, in a sometimes featureless landscape, the writings in a travel diary might steer towards recording such engagements. However there's much inspiration to be found here, along with a thoughtful, honest tone and chutzpah in spades.
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