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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 910
EAN: 9780977053643
ISBN: 0977053644
Label: Pilgrim's Tales, Inc.
Manufacturer: Pilgrim's Tales, Inc.
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 284
Publication Date: November 01, 2005
Publisher: Pilgrim's Tales, Inc.
Sales Rank: 85642
Studio: Pilgrim's Tales, Inc.
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DEAD MEN DON'T LEAVE TIPS: Adventures X Africa is an edge of your seat tale about a couple’s seven-month, 10,000-mile "dream" odyssey–overland across Africa from top-to-tip. Against their better judgment, two confirmed independent travelers join a bewildering band of companions and clueless guides. As their dream of crossing Africa becomes a nightmare, they set off across the continent alone. And that makes all the difference.
Join them as they meet mountain gorillas face to face. Melt down during a blistering Saharan breakdown. Hunt dik-dik with Pygmies. Climb Africa’s highest mountain. Feel the raw power of the Serengeti. Hop the "gun-run" through a civil war. Rush down thundering Class V Zambezi rapids and dive into South Africa’s cauldron of turmoil.
This engaging story is filled with a zest for life, travel and unbridled adventure. It offers a humorous, sometimes anguished, yet always candid look at taking the road less traveled–across a land little fathomed.
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It is hard to believe how somebody can describe such an exciting trip in such a boring way. Describing some of the marvels of Africa takes the author one or two paragraphs, the whining about his fellow passengers on the other had can go on for dozen and dozens of pages. Also, it is woefully out of date. Zaire hasn't been Zaire since 1997, Mozambique has not been in a Civil War since 1992. It is somewhat unclear whether the trip took place before then or whether the author didn't bother checking ... Read More
Rating:  -
All through Brandon Wilson's Dead Men Don't Leave Tips: Adventures X Africa one idea kept coming to me. Parallax! That's not a word that comes to mind every day. In science, it means getting better or more complete information about displacement or movement by collecting data from two points of view that are not in a straight line with the thing you are examining or learning about.
"After all those months of struggle, doubts of sanity and infinite challenges," Wilson writes near the end of the ... Read More
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I bought this book following Amazon's reader reviews but found it a pain to read.
From the start the author can't bear the way he chose to travel (overlanding with a group) and his fellow travelers... well, when on a low budget, stay graceful! If one can't stand other human beings AND can't afford a way to travel suitable to both his arrogance and means, why do it anyway?
The "traveler" seems to wander through Africa with American centered prejudices and poor references of a narrow ... Read More
Rating:  -
I purchased this book for my husband who only reads non-fiction. He stated that it is "dry" and written like a diary. It is not engaging nor funny. I hope he picks it back up to finishe reading...or I guess I will to feel we got our monies worth.
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"Wild, pristine beauty surrounded us as we drove to the base of remote Djomba to establish camp. Towering green peaks sprouted out of ripe clusters of lush vegetation. Massive pyramidal volcanoes rose of the verdant floor suggesting its prehistoric past. Churning, whitecapped rivers cascaded over mountainsides into translucent pools below, and its beauty didn't end with nature." ~ pg. 146
Brandon Wilson is an expert storyteller who masterfully weaves a story of a seven-month odyssey across ... Read More
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