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A riveting coming-of-age journey and a tantalising glimpse into a time when Africa was an oyster for the young, the brave and the free.

It all began at the Oyster Bar in Grand Central Station, in 1961. Two young Princetonians have returned to New York from South America, where their dream of buying a coffee plantation in the Peruvian jungle evaporated. With the fire for adventure still burning in their veins, they are tempted by a mysterious letter from Kenya and plan a trip across Africa. They buy a white BMW motorcycle and paint the words The White Nile' on the tank, to honour the route they will follow.

In limpid, elegant prose John Hopkins describes deadly salt flats where tourists vanish without a trace, mysterious Saharan oases and the funerals of young Tunisians killed by the French Foreign Legion. In Leptus Magna, he conjures visions of ancient Rome and visits Homer's fabled island of the Lotus Eaters.

The adventurers escape armed vigilantes in th

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The White Nile Diaries

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    A Paperback by John Hopkins

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      Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Published 1/20/2022 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780755647453
      978-0755647453
      ISBN-10 0755647459
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      Motorcycles: general interest

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A riveting coming-of-age journey and a tantalising glimpse into a time when Africa was an oyster for the young, the brave and the free.

      It all began at the Oyster Bar in Grand Central Station, in 1961. Two young Princetonians have returned to New York from South America, where their dream of buying a coffee plantation in the Peruvian jungle evaporated. With the fire for adventure still burning in their veins, they are tempted by a mysterious letter from Kenya and plan a trip across Africa. They buy a white BMW motorcycle and paint the words The White Nile' on the tank, to honour the route they will follow.

      In limpid, elegant prose John Hopkins describes deadly salt flats where tourists vanish without a trace, mysterious Saharan oases and the funerals of young Tunisians killed by the French Foreign Legion. In Leptus Magna, he conjures visions of ancient Rome and visits Homer's fabled island of the Lotus Eaters.

      The adventurers escape armed vigilantes in th

      Trade Review
      Easy Rider, Ivy League Style. * Le Figaro *

      Table of Contents
      Tunisia Libya Egypt The Sudan Uganda Kenya Epilogue

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