For roughly 60 days, Terry Lister traveled across Senegal, Mauritania, the Gambia, Guinea and Guinea Bissau. This is the powerful on-the-ground diary of one man’s solo journey through West Africa. Immersed in West Africa is NOT one of those cookie-cutter guide books. There is a flavour about it that fills not only your nose but your very soul. “With 15 million people, Senegal is on the rise. However, as a lover of travel (see my main blog – Wild Hearted) and not reading much about West Africa in general, I was immediately interested.
I was contacted by the author and requested to read and review. Terry looks to find those things that tourists either don’t do or don’t know about.
When he is not always traveling, he is relaxing and enjoying a good book – usually something that is historical and even better biographical. His first book, Immersed in West Africa, tells the tale of eight adventure-filled weeks in five West African countries. Upon retirement, he had been to 44 countries but in the last five years, he has been to 46 more. He goes on the road for eight weeks then home for eight and then back again. He retired at 60 and has been a solo traveler for the past five years. Before this, Terry was a partner at the Deloitte accounting firm, a Minister in the Government of Bermuda, and a realtor.īut most of all he wanted to be a traveler. Immersed in West Africa: My Solo Journey Across Senegal, Mauritania, The Gambia, Guinea and Guinea Bissau Author I received a copy of Immersed in West Africa: My Solo Journey Across Senegal, Mauritania, The Gambia, Guinea and Guinea Bissau in exchange for my honest review.
0 kommentar(er)
