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Canoeing the Congo narrates the journey of Phil Harwood, who undertook an epic five-month solo attempt to canoe the Congo River in war-torn Central Africa. It was a historic 'first descent' from the true source in the highlands of Zambia. Just short of 3,000 miles long, the Congo River is the eighth longest in the world and the deepest river in the world, with a flow rate second only to the Amazon. Along the way, Phil encountered numerous waterfalls, huge rapids, man-eating crocodiles, hippos, aggressive snakes...

Leaving from Brooklyn, New York, in August 1911, John Muir, at the age of seventy-three and traveling alone, embarked on an eight-month, 40,000-mile voyage to South America and Africa. The 1911-12 journals and correspondence reproduced in this volume allow us to travel with him up the great Amazon, into the jungles of southern Brazil, to snowline in the Andes, through southern and central Africa to the headwaters of the Nile, and across six oceans and seas in order to reach the rare forests he had so long wished to study.

In 1849 Heinrich Barth joined a small British expedition into unexplored regions of Islamic North and Central Africa. One by one his companions died, but he carried on alone, eventually reaching the fabled city of gold, Timbuktu. His five-and-a-half-year, 10,000-mile adventure ranks among the greatest journeys in the annals of exploration, and his discoveries are considered indispensable by modern scholars of Africa.

Livingstone's first book revolutionized the way European readers saw Africa and made him a hero in England. He returned again to the Zambesi with his brother Charles and others, this time with more equipment and funds. Again he faced hippopotami, crocodiles, impossible terrain, and disease, but his greatest enemies on this trip prove to be human. The British eventually lost faith in the expedition, but Livingstone proved in the end to have had tremendous foresight.

The prolific drummer for the rock band Rush travels through African villages, both large and small, and relates his story through journal entries and tales of adventure, while simultaneously addressing issues such as differences in culture, psychology, and labels. Literary and artistic sidekicks such as Aristotle, Dante, and Van Gogh join Peart and his cycling companions, reminding the listener that this is not just another travel book - it is a story of both external and introspective discovery and adventure.

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want to try something new? Would you like some guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Greater Than a Tourist travel guide is for you. Greater Than a Tourist: Kenya by Gloria Omundo Alia offers the inside scoop on Kenya. As part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this guide will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

Greater Than a Tourist: Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa by Natasha van der Schyff offers the inside scoop on Pretoria. Most travel guides tell you how to travel like a tourist. As part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this guide will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination. Travel like a local. Slow down, stay in one place, and get to know the people and the culture.

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want to try something new? Would you like some guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Greater Than a Tourist travel guide is for you. Greater Than a Tourist: Livingstone, Zambia, Africa by Lillian M. Simwanza offers the inside scoop on Livingstone City, in Zambia, Africa. As part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this guide will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want to try something new? Would you like some guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Greater Than a Tourist travel guide is for you. Greater Than Tourist: Ondo State, Nigeria by Olusola Butler offers the inside scoop on “The Sunshine State of Nigeria”, Ondo State. Most travel guides tell you how to travel like a tourist. As part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this guide will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

Greater Than a Tourist: Sunshine Coast Route, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa by Kim Irvine offers the inside scoop on the Sunshine Coast, situated in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. As a part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this audiobook will give you tips from someone who lives at your next travel destination. In this audiobook, you'll discover local advice that will help you throughout your trip. Travel like a local. Slow down and get to know the people and the culture of a place.

New projects and new ideas along with matchmaking in Timdgrass are just a small part of part seven of Les Berbères et moi. What is all the fuss about kissing? The author explains zina and how Shari'ah punishes you for that. You feel the blisters on the author’s hands when she beats the dirt out of sheep skin as well as the discomfort and cold during her night voyage to Casablanca.

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want to try something new while traveling? Would you like some guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this book is just for you. Greater Than a Tourist - The Garden Route, South Africa by Li-Anne McGregor van Aardt offers the inside scope on The Garden Route, situated in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there's nothing wrong with that, as a part of the Greater than a Tourist series, this book will give you travel tips from someone who lives at your next travel destination.

If you want to go to South Africa, and you have no idea how to start planning your trip, then this book is perfect you! This book is not the encyclopedia of travel books. If you are looking for dense book with every inch of South Africa covered then this book is not for you. However, if you want to know about the best South Africa has to offer in an easy and efficient way, then this book is for you.

The second part of Magdalena's journal recording her life with the Berber community in Khenifra in the Middle Atlas mountains: their homes, social gatherings and her work with their children in the Association Hannan. Get a good wash in hammam, eat boucheyar, drink shiba, meet my friends Mahamed and Ali and go with us to Arougou, wakha?

South Africa can fulfill a spiritual traveler well beyond one's wildest dreams. Durban, Pretoria, and Johannesburg offer plenty of deep and profound experiences. In this volume, Andrew Bushard shares both the mundane and extraordinary joys of South Africa.

Teresa O'Kane had always longed to see the world. She owned scads of travel books and maps and was about to buy yet another bookcase to hold the many Lonely Planet guides and travel essays that she had accumulated over the years when she turned to her husband and said, "I'm tired of storing our dreams. Let's live them!" Within a month, they bought one-way tickets to Morocco, leased out their home, and set out on a journey of the African continent top to bottom from Casablanca to Cape Town.

It seems like almost no one has even heard of Swaziland, South Africa's neighbor, which we ought to consider unfortunate because Swaziland offers ever so much to all visitors. Swaziland, one of the few remaining absolute monarchies in existence, stands apart as an exceptionally unique country. So if you like, listen to this poetry book to better appreciate this unknown country.

Bluewater Walkabout: Into Africa is a memoir about an adventure in the wild bush of Africa and a family sailing journey. But when her sons bring along two friends who upset the family balance, rogue waves and great white sharks threaten the family's safety. Tina begins to deal with a mysterious health problem, and the perils of life at sea become very real.

Join Carrie on her journey to Kenya and back again, and all the life change that comes with it. Look into the eyes of the manner children, both at the schools and orphanages on her various journeys to and from Kenya. Feel and see the hurt, and celebrate in the triumphs. You will feel like you’re there with the kids first hand and learn lessons along the way. A journey that took Carrie from a lawyer to a missionary, in just one short month.

You really gotta travel abroad! Just look at what it did for Andrew Bushard: it totally changed his life. Through this travels to the Southern Africa region (especially South Africa,Swaziland, and Zimbabwe), he reaped the deepest personal transformations and fulfillment. You too can reap the same fulfillment if you travel abroad.