The last train to Zona Verde : my ultimate African safari

For all Theroux travel writing fans and particularly the legions of lovers of Dark Star Safari and Eastern Star . Acclaimed travel writer Paul Theroux resumes the African trip recounted in his brilliant Dark Star Safari , from Cairo to Capetown down the right-hand of Africa. For ten years he longed to return Capetown, and travel up the the left-hand side to Congo. After 50 years of travel and past retirement age, this is the last trip of this kind the author will take, and this is the story his fans have been waiting for. An acclaimed travel writer and novelist describes his journey across Africa, from Cape Town to Cape Province and into Namibia, riding elephants, meeting Bushmen, and discussing the changes that have taken place since his first visit fifty years ago The world's most acclaimed travel writer journeys through western Africa from Cape Town to the Congo