Our journey starts in two weeks and we are definitely getting pumped! For this trip, our reading included:
Kinda remains to be seen how useful this travel guide proves to be. We certainly got some ideas from it but Tripadvisor.ca has also been an important info source as well as blog posts of others who have gone before us. Fodor's could be very useful once we hit the road.
Although this was written for the general reader, it never-the-less was way more detail than what I was seeking! Very comprehensive as it covers the time period from pre-recorded history (as best it's understood) through to the post-apartheid Zuma presidency. Among other things, it certainly helped me get a better appreciation for the African tribal dynamics at play. (Prior to reading and in my ignorance, I had viewed Africans as a homogeneous population and this certainly isn't the case.)
Am only about 3/4's of the way through this very interesting and well-written book. There is a shorter section about 1/3 of the way in where a lot of names are introduced and I simply could not keep track of everybody. Other than that, very inspiring and engaging.
