Paperback, 352 pages
Published Feb. 14, 2017 by Grove Press.
I enjoyed this despite a weird and fragmentary start. Some shocking moments in there and I learned a lot about why Africa is as it is.
A cracking adventure and one hell of an achievement, walking the length of the Nile. My two favourite modern day adventurers are Levison Wood and Ed Stafford, I think Ed is better on camera but Lev is miles better at writing.
His writing is entertaining and at times moving, as he nears the end of his journey you really do feel for him. I don't want to say too much about scenes from the book as it will spoil things for those who haven't read it, all I'll say is there are happy times, danger, tragedy and many dire circumstances.
The countries he is walking through have had some shockingly dark times in the 100 years and Lev does a good job of telling peoples stories, so much different to what the media tells you.
I watched the TV series and then started the book and I found it quite …
A cracking adventure and one hell of an achievement, walking the length of the Nile. My two favourite modern day adventurers are Levison Wood and Ed Stafford, I think Ed is better on camera but Lev is miles better at writing.
His writing is entertaining and at times moving, as he nears the end of his journey you really do feel for him. I don't want to say too much about scenes from the book as it will spoil things for those who haven't read it, all I'll say is there are happy times, danger, tragedy and many dire circumstances.
The countries he is walking through have had some shockingly dark times in the 100 years and Lev does a good job of telling peoples stories, so much different to what the media tells you.
I watched the TV series and then started the book and I found it quite interesting that things were missing from the Book that was in the series, I'd have thought all of it would have been in the book.
A fantastic read, I recommend watching the TV series before hand as it adds to the experience. now onto his walking the Himalayas.
