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This is a description of Paul Theroux's book, "Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town." Theroux sets off from Cairo, traveling through different parts of Africa, including the bush, desert, rivers, and lakes. He visits some of the most beautiful landscapes on earth, but also some of the most dangerous. It is a journey of discovery and rediscovery, of the unknown and the unexpected. Theroux is in his element on this safari, balancing on the top of a truck in the middle of nowhere and enjoying the chance encounters that make it so special.
Paul Theroux sets off for Cape Town from Cairo - the hard way. Traveling across bush and desert, down rivers and across lakes, and through country after country, Theroux visits some of the most beautiful landscapes on earth, and some of the most dangerous. It is a journey of discovery and of rediscovery - of the unknown and the unexpected, but also of people and places he knew as a young and optimistic teacher forty years before. Safari in Swahili simply means 'journey', and this is the ultimate safari. It is Theroux in his element - a trip where chance encounter is everything, where departure and arrival times are an irrelevance, and where contentment can be found balancing on the top of a truck in the middle of nowhere.
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