THE SAGA:
Lift Off The Maree Hotel Theatrical Debut Fruit & Valentines Old Friends, New Acquaintances London Summary The Dragoman Truck Running of the Bulls
Truckin Marketing Marrakesh Style Bits of Drama & Humor Morocco Summary Diarrhea in the Minefields The Sahara Desert Marooned! Ship of Flies Truly Gritty Almost Arrested Urban Adventures Rural Excursions Summary of M. & M.
Romance in the Rain Border Crossings God is Great
Hotel de California Beach Blanket Bingo Dining al Fresco Going Mental Shitty Cities The Agony and the Ecstasy Turd Wars Why I Wear Shoes Summary of Equatoria
Heart of Darkness Near Disasters First Week in Zaire First Week in Zaire, part 2 Bridge Over River X Forest of Snakes Bastards of Buta JimBo's Jungle Bakery Zaire's Last Grasp Goodbye Zaire
Gorillas and Guerrillas To Bathe or Not To Bathe The Dickhead My Kind of Town Gang Attacks & Death Mobiles Land of the Carnivores The Big Game Losing It in Zanzibar Summary of East Africa Goodbye Africa, Hello Asia
Mission Improbable Mission Improbable (Part 2) Hello Yellow Silk Road A Tale of Two City-States Let's Make a Deal Trolling for Trouble Can You Say Kyrgyzstan? Cheap Hotels & Expensive Women The Ugly Americans Central Asian Summary
Busing for Glory On the Road Again Shangri-la Part 1 Shangri-la Part 2 Airborne! Shangri-la Part 3 Hello Dolly
Valley of Shawls
The Omen
Temple of Rats Born in the USA Epilogue Postmortem
These stories chronicle a remarkable journey across Africa and Central Asia; a 9 1/2 month camping and budget backpacking adventure by two people who braved the unpredictable through England, France, Spain, Morocco, Mauritania, Mali, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Zaire, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, China, and India.
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Baking Pastries in the Central African Jungle
"Kneading the dough was problematic because it required clean hands--no small feat when you haven't had a good wash for a month. As a result, we ate a lot of brown bread (or whole grain when the bugs wanted to help)."
"Nurturing the yeast in the dark, wet surroundings evoked the caregiver in every neophyte baker, exceeding other emotional distractions such as the limited supply of martinis, group interactions dictated by a lifeboat survival mentality, and the condition of lower appendages after a day immersed in slop (two parts mud and one part water) or slime (one part mud and two parts water)."
Recommended Episodes That Answer the Following Questions
Where is the best place to sit on a large vehicle driving across a minefield? (See Diarrhea in the Minefields.)
Do urine stills really work and will desperate people use them? (See Marooned.)
Why is camping on tropical beaches seldom a good idea? (See either Romance in the Rain or Beach Blanket Bingo.)
Was the dynamic duo really rescued from the Central African Republic by the French Foreign Legion? (See Shitty Cities)
How could the high point and low point of the entire trip occur within 24 hours of each other? (See The Agony and the Ecstasy)
Is Zaire as awful as everyone says it is? (See any or all of the stories about Zaire.)
How does 43 days in the bush without a bath affect one's love life? (See To Bathe or Not To Bathe)
Which were more frightening to encounter in the wild: mountain gorillas or Rwandan guerillas? (See Gorillas and Guerrillas)
How did JimBo finally "lose his grip" and alienate his overlanding companions of five monthes? Who were those people anyway? (See The Dickhead)
Is seeing the wild animals of Africa as thrilling as it appears in National Geographic? See The Big Game. And what about the wild life in big African cities? (See Gang Attacks & Death Mobiles.)
What does the term "visa chase" mean and why should you avoid this practice unless you enjoy getting kicked out of foreign embassies? (See Mission Improbable.)
Why should you see Samarkand before Disney buys it or Kashgar before it becomes a theme park? (See A Tale of Two City States and On the Road Again.)
How can you ruin everything for the travelers following in your footsteps? (See Cheap Hotels and Expensive Women.)
What did the Dalai Lama say when confronted by photos, cleverly shot at Madame Taussade's House of Wax in London, showing him and JimBo to be bosom buddies? (See Hello Dolly.)
What happens when emergency, high-powered, last-resort laxatives are mistaken for pain-killing codiene pills? (See Valley of Shawls.)
What really happened at the Temple of Rats that precipitated a premature ending to the trip? (See The Temple of Rats.)
Did anyone die during the trip? (See Postmortem.)
| Disclaimer: The bulk of this web site describes the roughest, toughest overland tour offered commercially anywhere in the world. It is extreme adventure where the participants and the sponsor make a commitment and then give it their best shot. The resulting vignettes portray the day-to-day experience of traveling overland. This account is NOT representative of most overland tours conducted under less demanding, more enjoyable, and certainly healthier circumstances. |
