SHOTS ACROSS THE WATER: TALES OF A JOURNEY THROUGH AFRICA
(JOURNEY BOOKS/BRADT GUIDES)
“This journey set me up for the rest of my life and career,” writes Patrick Nash, now one of the UK's most successful socio-entrepreneurs. “If I had not done it, I don't think I would have made the decisions I subsequently made.”
In 1980, aged 22, Nash set off for Africa, walking and hitchhiking the width of the continent from Egypt to Morocco via Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Zaire (now the DR Congo), the Central African Republic, Cameroon, Nigeria, Niger and Algeria.
As with most travel when young, the author set off on nothing more than a wing and a prayer. Originally heading for Eswatini (then Swaziland), his trip took several unexpected turns, not least because of conversations…
