Last train to Zona Verde : my ultimate African safari

Summary: An acclaimed travel writer and novelist describes his journey across Africa, from Cape Town to Cape Province and into Namibia, riding elephants, meeting Bushmen, and discussing the changes that have taken place since his first visit fifty years ago.

Record details

ISBN: 9780771085222 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0771085222 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: remote
1 online resource
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : McClelland & Stewart, 2013.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Among the unreal people -- The train from Khayelitsha -- Cape Town: The spirit of the Cape -- The night bus to Windhoek -- Night train from Swakopmund -- The bush track to Tsumkwe -- Ceremony at the crossroads -- Among the real people -- Riding an elephant: The ultimate safari -- The hungry herds at Etosha -- The frontier of bad karma -- Three pieces of chicken -- Volunteering in Lubango -- The slave yards of Benguela -- Luanda: The improvised city -- "This is what the world will look like when it ends" -- What am I doing here?

Source of Description Note:

Description based on online resource; title from EPUB title page (OverDrive viewed, January 30, 2014).