Riding In Africa by Ian H Williams

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Riding In Africa by Ian H Williams
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Paperback: 170 pages

Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. October 27, 2005

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0595373011

ISBN-13: 978-0595373017

Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches

Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces

Product Description
Riding in Africa captures the escapades of more than twelve journeys to Africa. Author Ian Williams offers sage—if somewhat tongue-in-cheek—advice on how to get from one end of an African horse safari to the other without killing yourself. Read about African flora and fauna, evolution, history, language, the eccentricities of human character, and above all, the perspectives of a scientist-adventurer who puts himself on life’s edge. Williams tells of succumbing to pneumonia in the foothills of Mount Kenya, his experiences in a small African cottage hospital and later in the Nairobi Hospital, part of which he spends in morphine-induced delirium and part in the hospital room reserved for former Kenyan strong man, Daniel arap Moi. Williams also shares stories of adventures with horses and people while riding through the savannahs of Kenya, the mountains of Malawi, the swamps of Botswana, the deserts of Namibia, and the Lapalala Wilderness, home to the fearsome black rhino. Riding in Africa is about middle passages: the leap from one side of fifty to the other and the fine line between life and death.

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Riding in Africa captures the escapades of more than twelve journeys to Africa. Author Ian Williams offers sage-if somewhat tongue-in-cheek-advice on how to get from one end of an African horse safari to the other without killing yourself. Read about African flora and fauna, evolution, history, language, the eccentricities of human character, and above all, the perspectives of a scientist-adventurer who puts himself on life's edge. Williams tells of succumbing to pneumonia in the foothills of Mount Kenya, his experiences in a small African cottage hospital and later in the Nairobi Hospital, part of which he spends in morphine-induced delirium and part in the hospital room reserved for former Kenyan strong man, Daniel arap Moi. Williams also shares stories of adventures with horses and people while riding through the savannahs of Kenya, the mountains of Malawi, the swamps of Botswana, the deserts of Namibia, and the Lapalala Wilderness, home to the fearsome black rhino. Riding in Africa is about middle passages: the leap from one side of fifty to the other and the fine line between life and death.

Reader Reviews
Riding in Africa is a wonderful combination of wit, high adventure, literature, history, zoology, geography, lions, camels, hyenas, black rhinos, bad holes, the personal transformation that can come from near death experiences, the importance of following your heart and oh yes, riding horses in Africa. You will do well to keep a dictionary near by as you read it as you will encounter words such as: apoplectic, haruscipation, mescaline, eisbein, and lighour just to name a few. You will also learn about THE place to eat in the Mfuwe airport, haute cuisine d'Afrique, where Flamingo's get their wonderful color, the importance of life saving drugs developed by the now often villainized pharmaceutical industry, the model/inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula, the relationship between the average number of individuals with whom an animal can maintain social relationships and the ratio of cortical volume to the volume of the rest of the brain and most importantly, the relationship between the social structure of primates and the size of male testicals relative to their body weight. Its prose is a delight to read and is descriptive to the point of making you really believe, right down to the dust, sweat, sore buttockses, bugs, elephant dung, tall grass that rustles, African nighttime sky and sunsets, that you are actually riding with Dr. Williams in Africa. However, all of the above and the book's first 136 pages are nothing compared to the last two pages and a half pages of the book which I found to be incredibly riveting, informative and the best of any book that I have read in sometime. Whether you have an interest in riding, horses and Africa or not, this book is a must read for anyone who as ever pondered the meaning of life or thirsted for adventures and challenges which can allow for greater self awareness and understanding. Happy reading and riding! Ted T. Ashburn Boston, MA May, 2006 Comment | Permalink | (Report this)

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