thomas barnstijn
ASIN: B019N9Y0IG
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Pages: 292
"There were no other vehicles on those rough, winding tracks; my headlights caught many people's eyes staring incredulously as my car rolled past like a conspicuous alien visitor." A gay German-South African leaves his nine-to-five life behind and takes to the road, travelling alone through five African countries. His vehicle is barely adequate and his resources are very limited. What can possibly go wrong? "It was almost noon and if I still had the slightest chance of escaping my predicament, I would have to act quickly. I was alone in the middle of nowhere, had seen nobody for the past twelve hours, was left with little water, food, or fuel, no cash and no cigarettes." In his often funny yet sometimes melancholy true tale, the relatively young man recounts his amazing trip as well as his rather unusual life spent in both Europe and Africa. "I was closely guarded by intimidatingly ...