Author of the highly acclaimed 'Do NOT Take this Road to El-Karama', Chris Harvie is planning another expedition and looking for travelling companions.
We previously blogged about Chris Harvie's fantastic read (which, for any last-minute gift seekers, will make a fabulous gift for lovers of arm chair travel, real-life adventure stories and anyone who enjoys a damn fine book).
Now Chris is looking for some fellow adventurous types to take another road less travelled.
In his own words:
"My next book will be based on a trip up the western side of Africa. We shall be travelling through Botswana via Etosha to Damaraland in Western Namibia, then through Angola, where we shall aim to stop in all eight National Parks. After cutting across the westernmost and least dodgy bits of the DRC (capital Kinshasa, formerly Zaire and the Belgian Congo) and the Republic of Congo (capital Brazzaville, formerly the French Congo), we shall bravely investigate Gabon and Cameroon in depth before travelling back through Western Zambia.
We also aim to try to reach São Tomé e Principe and a safe part of Equatorial Guinea. With all due respect to Italians reading this, who don't feature, it will cover countries previously governed by all the major colonial powers and will give a great insight into the effect those colonists had (and still have) on the lives of their subjects as well as being slightly dangerous, occasionally terrifying and generally good fun, if very uncomfortable much of the time.
If anybody would like to come on the journey, please let me know. Bear in mind that it will not be an escorted tour by ANY means. It will be a case of every man for himself. It will be hard work, camping most nights, a lot of driving, spectacular scenery, dreadful food (but better than KFC) and awful lavatory experiences. Anybody interested should read my current book, triple the hardship and then decide. But we are seriously looking for a few people to join in.
Own vehicle essential.
No book critics permitted."
Chris can be emailed directly for details on the trip.
For more info on Chris's first book, see our previous blog post, or buy your own copy of Do NOT Take This Road to El-Karama online.
