Zombies on Kilimanjaro - A Father/Son Journey Above the Clouds
by Tim Ward
A father and son climb Mount Kilimanjaro. On the journey to the roof of Africa they traverse the treacherous terrain of fatherhood, divorce, dark secrets and old grudges, and forge an authentic adult relationship. The high-altitude trek takes them through some of the weirdest landscapes on the planet, and the final all-night climb to the frozen summit tests their endurance. On the way to the top father and son explore how our stories about ourselves can imprison us in the past, and the importanc...
Insight Guides Tanzania & Zanzibar (Travel Guide with Free eBook) (Insight Guides)
by Insight Guides
All you need to inspire every step of your journey.An in-depth book, now with free app and eBook.From deciding when to go, to choosing what to see when you arrive, this Insight Guides book is all you need to plan your trip and experience the best of Tanzania and Zanzibar, with in-depth insider information on must-see, top attractions like Stone Town, and hidden cultural gems like Ngorongoro Crater.* Insight Guide Tanzania and Zanzibar is ideal for travellers seeking immersive cultural exper...
Guide to Ethiopia (Bradt Country Guides) (Bradt Travel Guides)
by Philip Briggs
Fully updated with new maps, the second edit ion of this Guide to Ethiopia offers information on the hist ory, culture, landscape and wildlife of the country for West erners travelling off the beaten track. '
Kenya Highlights (Bradt Travel Guides (Highlights Guides))
by Philip Briggs
Kenya Highlights, first in a new series of colourful Highlights Guides published by Bradt, hones in on the best of this magnificent country and condenses it into a portable but informative guidebook aimed at first time visitors planning or joining an organised safari. Renowned Africa expert, Philip Briggs - author of ten Bradt guides, and arguably the most highly-respected guidebook writer on the region - describes and provides full background information to the country's highlights, with emphas...
Adventure To Protect The Elusive Elephant- Memoir Of A Housewife Experienced Perseverance In The Wild Of Africa
by Mason Guyette
In May 2007, leaving China's Great Wall is Car 84, one of 128 antique autos racing in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge. It's guided by one Dina Bennett, the world's least likely navigator: a daydreamer prone to carsickness, riddled with self-doubt, and married to a thrill-seeking perfectionist who is half-human, half-racecar. What could possibly go wrong? Funny, self-deprecating, and marred by only a few acts of great fortitude, Peking to Paris is first and foremost a voyage of transformatio...
In Ethiopia with a Mule (Century Travellers S.) (Traveller's S.)
by Dervla Murphy
The author went against official advice to make a hazardous journey through Ethiopia in the company of an amiable pack-mule, Jock. During the gruelling trek through remote and hostile regions she was robbed three times, yet the Ethiopian highlanders were usually hospitable and her dependence on them, and increasing familiarity with their way of life, broke down the barriers between them. On reaching Addis Ababa she concluded that this growth of affection for another race "is the real achievement...
Sudan (Bradt Travel Guides)
by Sophie Ibbotson and Max Lovell-Hoare
. The only guide dedicated solely to the new Republic of the Sudan . Explore entire pyramids and other ancient sites entirely free of tourist crowds . Drink in views over the Sudanese plains from the granite Taka Mountains . Dive the reef where Jacques Cousteau conducted his experiment in underwater living . Experience Sudan's cultural diversity among the 50 tribes of the Nuba Mountains . Read advice on where to stay/eat, travelling safely and cultural etiquette As a staple of bleak news hea...