Encircle Africa
Subtitle: around Africa by public transport
By: [Ian M. Packham]
Publisher: Cloister House Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: [Stockport]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9781909465145
Subjects: Travel; Local transit; Roads; Description and travel
Description: In this solo 25,000 mile by any means journey through 31 countries, Ian travels through Africa at its most raw and real. Attempting to complete the first solo and unassisted circumnavigation of Africa by public transport, equivalent to circling the Earth at the equator, Ian experiences life without schedules. He rides beaten-up bush taxis, flatbed trucks, dugout canoes, and a van delivering freshly-made meat pies in order to traverse the continent. Entirely reliant on local populations for more than 13 months, Ian fights off thieves in Senegal, is mistaken for an undercover UN official during Liberia's presidential election, refused entry into Congo, and while in Sudan becomes perhaps the only person tear-gassed trying to visit a museum.