
Driven by his passion for exploration and a sincere love of Africa, intrepid modern-day adventurer Kingsley Holgate and his family set off on an epic 64 327-kilometre journey around the circumference of the continent.Their 33-country expedition takes them over jagged mountains, through dense jungles, across raging rivers and along rutted roads into hostile terrain. En route they face not only the ...
Paperback: 248 pages
Publisher: Struik Travel & Heritage; 1st Edition edition (October 2, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1770075046
ISBN-13: 978-1770075047
Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 0.8 x 9.4 inches
Amazon Rank: 3650084
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nature, belligerent warlords and the tedium of border-crossing routines, but they also encounter the real face of Africa: humble gratitude, modest generosity and the affable goodwill that embraces travellers here, whatever their colour or creed.But more than a thirst for adventure guides the course of this party - theirs is a grassroots struggle against a disease that claims countless lives each year. Under the banner of One Net One Life, Kingsley and his helpers distribute nearly a quarter million mosquito nets to pregnant women and mothers with small children. They also dispense spectacles to the poor-sighted and promote literacy by donating mobile libraries, colouring-in books and pens to jubilant youngsters in rural communities.