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Jerrycan: An Overland Adventure in Africa
Two accountants and an ancient Land Rover named Jerrycan – well, it seemed like a good idea at the time! A humorous account of an overland journey through southern Africa that seldom went to plan, was rarely problem free and strained regularly the already tenuous relationship between man and this temperamental machine – to say nothing of that between man and accompanying wife!
340 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 17, 2015
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January 1, 2023
Really enjoyed this very honest and vivid account of travels in southern Africa and very glad the author took the time to wite it all down
April 19, 2016
A wonderfully done tale
Five stars is a rare rating from me. A great book will rate four…only a truly exceptional one will make the cut for five. This is one of those books.
I am a great fan of overland travel stories and read a lot of them. The majority of those stories emphasize all the great things seen and done and will perhaps mention, as if in passing, the bad times. Those stories also tend toward showing how accepting and in harmony the travelers are with the world and the people in it. Acceptance and integration is the norm and never would they act like the stereotypical Western Tourist!
What Mr Brading offers us is a bit different. It is a first person account of his trip and he holds little back. But it is not a “in your face” kind of thing…he doesn’t seem to be trying to prove a point or to shock… He is just telling it like he sees it. Often he will offer deeper thoughts and speculation regarding the things he tells us about and this tends to round out the book nicely.
This makes the book difficult to read sometimes… I often found myself frustrated with the choices he makes or the things he does. However, to be fair, he seems to recognize this moments and will usually explore that idea or incident in more thought and detail as he goes along.
All in all a great read. If you like overland travel, this book is a great choice and good bargain.
Five stars is a rare rating from me. A great book will rate four…only a truly exceptional one will make the cut for five. This is one of those books.
I am a great fan of overland travel stories and read a lot of them. The majority of those stories emphasize all the great things seen and done and will perhaps mention, as if in passing, the bad times. Those stories also tend toward showing how accepting and in harmony the travelers are with the world and the people in it. Acceptance and integration is the norm and never would they act like the stereotypical Western Tourist!
What Mr Brading offers us is a bit different. It is a first person account of his trip and he holds little back. But it is not a “in your face” kind of thing…he doesn’t seem to be trying to prove a point or to shock… He is just telling it like he sees it. Often he will offer deeper thoughts and speculation regarding the things he tells us about and this tends to round out the book nicely.
This makes the book difficult to read sometimes… I often found myself frustrated with the choices he makes or the things he does. However, to be fair, he seems to recognize this moments and will usually explore that idea or incident in more thought and detail as he goes along.
All in all a great read. If you like overland travel, this book is a great choice and good bargain.
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