Almost Sleeping My Way to Timbuktu by Sihle Khumalo

ISBN: 9781415203989 / 1415203989 - Almost Sleeping My Way to Timbuktu: West Africa on a Shoestring by Public Transport with No French by Sihle Khumalo. Published by Random House Struik, 2015. Softcover. Used, Very Good condition. 285 pp.

The plans for his trip were lean on practical detail, but grand in concept: Visit five World Heritage Sites listed by UNESCO for their historical and cultural significance. Having never set foot in Sénégal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Benin or Togo, Sihle planned to inform himself about Francophone Africa as he went along. Had he pondered the implications of not speaking French in a part of the world where it is the lingua franca, or what the public transport might be like there, he might have set off less bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. But Sihle is not one to be deterred by setbacks and dead-ends. His flexibility, irrepressible optimism and robust sense of humor, coupled with an unexpected sensitivity towards his host countries, see him reach all his goals or almost.

All of our books are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.