Riding the Wind of Change
Trans Africa and Europe Trek, 1960
Published on 17. June 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-1-83975-534-7 (ISBN)
Description
After five years working in Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, and South Africa, I decided to return to London overland from Johannesburg, 9000 miles. Early in 1960 I hitchhiked with a Jewish friend to Nairobi, East Africa. From there I continued alone. David wanted to avoid the Moslem lands.
From Uganda the Nile carried me to the Sudan, where primitive Nilotic people greeted me. In Egypt I explored the temples of Ramses II carved out of a cliff at Abu Simbel. Later these were relocated avoiding flooding.
I hitched through Greece and communist Yugoslavia, eventually returning to my London family, March 1960.
From Uganda the Nile carried me to the Sudan, where primitive Nilotic people greeted me. In Egypt I explored the temples of Ramses II carved out of a cliff at Abu Simbel. Later these were relocated avoiding flooding.
I hitched through Greece and communist Yugoslavia, eventually returning to my London family, March 1960.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Claygate
United Kingdom
Illustrations
92 colour
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
526 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83975-534-7 (9781839755347)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Introduction ix
An apology to the modern reader xiii
List of Illustrations xv
Trans-Africa and Europe Trek, 1960
1 Across the African Federation and Tanganyika 1
2 Climbing Africa's highest mountain 25
3 Stupendous Signs of a Restless Earth 46
4 Destination Nairobi, Kenya 72
5 The White Highlands to Lake Albert 93
6 Up the Nile 112
7 Into Egypt 131
8 The Extremity of Africa Reached 149
9 Across the Balkans 167
10 Into Western Europe 186
11 A Tale of Two World Cities 203
Nyasaland and Northern Rhodesia Trek,
August, 1959
12 Nyasaland, Land of the lake,
(Including Introduction) 223
13 Northern Rhodesia Paradise 241
14 Darkest Africa Realised 254
15 Incredible Waters 271
Epilogue 286
Acknowledgements 293
Illustration Credits and Anonymity 294
Glossary 295
About the author 309
An apology to the modern reader xiii
List of Illustrations xv
Trans-Africa and Europe Trek, 1960
1 Across the African Federation and Tanganyika 1
2 Climbing Africa's highest mountain 25
3 Stupendous Signs of a Restless Earth 46
4 Destination Nairobi, Kenya 72
5 The White Highlands to Lake Albert 93
6 Up the Nile 112
7 Into Egypt 131
8 The Extremity of Africa Reached 149
9 Across the Balkans 167
10 Into Western Europe 186
11 A Tale of Two World Cities 203
Nyasaland and Northern Rhodesia Trek,
August, 1959
12 Nyasaland, Land of the lake,
(Including Introduction) 223
13 Northern Rhodesia Paradise 241
14 Darkest Africa Realised 254
15 Incredible Waters 271
Epilogue 286
Acknowledgements 293
Illustration Credits and Anonymity 294
Glossary 295
About the author 309