Do they have good coffee? Cold beer? I won't drink the water.... A boyhood reading everything I could find about early African exploration left me with a horror of parasites. That jarred my memory a bit- readers here at the Hall may be interested in this man- a good man to have around when things get sideways.
I came across him when doing some research on Lord Roberts. BTW, Roberts autobiography is on line- "41 Years in India" http://www.gutenberg.org/files/16528/16528-h/16528-h.htm
Back to Africa- the Biography of Sir Samuel Baker is really interesting- he purchased his wife at a Ottoman slave market - she was his devoted companion for the rest of his life. Pre-colonial Africa was a daunting place.
For the prize for an interesting life, Henry Stanley was right up there- orphan, stowaway, soldier in the American civil War (on both sides!)newspaperman, explorer, etc. His Trip down the Congo was (I am searching for a adjective.....!)
Here- just read the dispatches- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/africa/congo/articles/Henry-Morton-Stanley-in-the-Congo/
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The most dangerous place on the world is when your transit hits the house of death on your natal charts.
Count me in, Grim.
Do they have good coffee? Cold beer? I won't drink the water....
A boyhood reading everything I could find about early African exploration left me with a horror of parasites.
That jarred my memory a bit- readers here at the Hall may be interested in this man- a good man to have around when things get sideways.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Russell_Burnham
I came across him when doing some research on Lord Roberts. BTW, Roberts autobiography is on line- "41 Years in India" http://www.gutenberg.org/files/16528/16528-h/16528-h.htm
Back to Africa- the Biography of Sir Samuel Baker is really interesting- he purchased his wife at a Ottoman slave market - she was his devoted companion for the rest of his life. Pre-colonial Africa was a daunting place.
For the prize for an interesting life, Henry Stanley was right up there- orphan, stowaway, soldier in the American civil War (on both sides!)newspaperman, explorer, etc. His Trip down the Congo was (I am searching for a adjective.....!)
Here- just read the dispatches- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/africa/congo/articles/Henry-Morton-Stanley-in-the-Congo/
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