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Sto caricando le informazioni... Overlanddi Peter Mandra
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Have you ever wondered if you could survive a six-week, barebones trek through Africa? With your partner?!? And a truckload of annoying strangers?!? Experience Africa through the eyes of Paul DuPree, who, with his future wife at his side, quit his job to participate in a humor-filled 'overland' journey across Africa with some of the strangest fellow travelers you'll ever meet. The wild animals? Dangerous. Life on the road? Rugged. You'd sell your soul for the taste of a cheeseburger. And the South Africa to Kenya itinerary? Brutal. Like your tour guides. Yet no hardship tests your sanity nearly as much as your irritating travel companions do... Overland is your hilarious ticket to a pain, hunger and mosquito free visit to Africa. And best of all, unlike Paul, you have the luxury of being able to get away from your traveling companions before that burning desire creeps in to strangle them..... Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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If 'Overland' taught me one thing it is this: on my much anticipated trip to Africa someday, I will not be booking a three week camping tour with the cheapest tour company I can find on the Internet. You can imagine the types of employees such a business might employ. Not to give too much away ... they might be surly, or very enthusiastic, or totally disinterested, or inexperienced, or maybe even very sick. Add to this some remarkably unique travellers from around the world and you have the recipe for a very memorable trip.
The variety of personalities involved in the adventure makes for some frustrating times for our protagonists, Paul and Megan, but also some chuckles and smiles for the reader. Some characters are better developed than others as would be expected considering the number of them that show up in the book. I especially loved the character of Aubrey. He was so precise and innocent somehow. He made me smile every time he showed up right to the last page.
The descriptions of Africa as alternately an expanse of boring, mundane landscape and thrilling encounters with wild animals in an exotic foreign land is probably exactly what Africa is like. Although, personally, I prefer the second Africa to the first.
As an aside, I would like to address a pet peeve. Although it took nothing away from the story, I have to say that I need an author bio included somewhere between the covers! A picture is nice as well but I would be satisfied with something like "Author Doe lives with his wife Jane in Upper Mongolia and collects taxidermied rats in his spare time." Just something to allow me to connect with the author. ( )