I always take a book or two on my travels as you never know where you get stuck and have to wait a couple of hours. And yes, I do prefer a book rather than all the electronic e-readers that are available on the market. The reason? It is dust proof and never needs charging – it is simply always available and exchangeable for a new read anywhere on the globe. Well, maybe I am a bit old fashioned but I like a book!
Some of the books that I enjoyed to read were:
- Babylon’s Ark – Lawrence Anthony
- The night of the knives – Jon Evans
- The last Resort – Douglas Rogers
- The cloud garden – Tom Hart Dyke & Paul Winder
- The Man-Eaters of Tsavo – John Henry Patterson
- The Last Rhinos – Lawrence Anthony
- Long Way Down – Ewan McGregor & Charley Boorman
- The Lost Boy – Aher Arop Bol
- Mulberry Forest (Moerbei Bos) – Dalene Matthee
- The White Nile – Alan Moorehead
- The Good Italian – Stephen Burke
- Cape to Cairo – Kingsley Holgate
- The Elephant Whisperer – Lawrence Anthony
- Queen of Shaba – Joy Adamson
- The Trouble with Africa – Vic Guhrs
- The Delta – Tony Park
- The Long Way Round – Charley Boorman
- I dreamed of Africa – Kuki Gullman
- Night of the Lions – Kuki Gullman
- Swahili for the broken-hearted – Peter Moore
- Open Cockpit over Africa – Victor Smith
- The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini
- Emma’s War – Deborah Scroggins
- Seerowers, kameelkoppe & chillies vir tee – Ilse Salzwedel
- Papillon – Henri Charriere
- Around Africa on my bicycle – Riaan Manser
- Jupiter’s Travels – Ted Simon
- Winning is not enough – Sir Jackie Stewart
And on my reading list for the future:
- The bookseller of Kabul – Asnè Seierstad
- The Silent Elephant – Gareth Patterson
- It’s on the meter – Paul Archer & Johno Ellison
- Tracks – Robin Davidson
- Left beyond the horizon – Christopher Mandy
- Hunters venom – Peter J Earle
- Left to tell – Immaculee Ilibagiza
- Elephant Dawn – Sharon Pincott
- Spark your dream – Candelaria & Herman Zapp
- One girl’s incredible journey from war torn Syria in a wheelchair – Nujeen Mustafa
- African Stories – Al J Venter
- Invisible Armies – Jon Evans
- Vat jou hele hart – Elkarien Fourie
- The zookeper’s wife – Diane Ackerman
