![]() ![]() While it doesn't exactly inspire a spontaneous flight to Addis Ababa to hit the ground running, it's still a spirited view of an ambitious traveler's overland journey through Africa when he's deep into adulthood - and what those types of journeys ultimately teach us about ourselves. ![]() But he also finds kindness, purpose, and a new outlook on life. Along the way, he encounters extreme danger from a highway robbery and becoming stranded multiple times. He invites you along for the bumpy ride as he travels across Africa by bus, canoe, train, and nearly every other method imaginable while also detailing much of the continent's history and politics. Woolever and Bourdain’s estate decided to continue with the book, and the guide went on sale April 20. Bourdain and his longtime assistant Woolever began sketching the structure for this book in 2017 Bourdain died unexpectedly in June 2018. His travels took him from the hidden pockets of his hometown of New York to a tribal longhouse in Borneo, from cosmopolitan Buenos Aires, Paris, and Shanghai to Tanzania’s utter beauty and the stunning desert solitude of Oman’s Empty Quarterand many places beyond. At the furthest end of the adventure travel spectrum, Theroux goes on a journey across some of the most mysterious (and often uninviting) places you've likely never heard of. Anthony Bourdain and Laurie Woolever’s World Travel: An Irreverent Guide is decidedly the latter. Anthony Bourdain saw more of the world than nearly anyone. Years ago, before you could easily access Goodreads from remote and far-flung places, "Dark Star Safari" was a cult hit on the hostel circuit the world over, passed from backpacker to backpacker. ![]() Available on Amazon and Bookshop, from $14.29 ![]()
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