Fran Sandham

Incredible story of trekking from Namibia's Atlantic Coast to the Indian Ocean (ending up at Zanzibar). Although the author's attacked by neither man nor beast (just insects aplenty), he has his share of troubles, starting with recalitrant wild donkeys, and finishing up with a week of malaria treatment (apologies if that proves a spoiler). Terrific writing skills and a great sense of humor make this book one of my top books for the year. Highly recommended.

A fascinating premise and fascinating journey, I'm sure. I just wasn't enthralled with it. The ties to 19th century explorers (eg, Livingstone) don't exactly work. At 267 pages, is the treatment too cursory?

Great read! Sandham has a great attitude which somehow helps him get through a long, long trip. I now want to go to the Skeleton Coast.....on my list of things to do, maybe after South Georgia. I usually sell this sort of book because it has little value to me after the read, but because I can see myself going to the area, I think I'll hold onto this. Some of his experiences reminded me of similar times on trips of mine....good stuff!

2012 (my review can be found on the LibraryThing page linked)
http://www.librarything.com/topic/147378#3810270