You've heard of the
Dark Continent
and you've read
Heart of Darkness
; well, this is
The Dark Heart of Humanity,
where it all began. More misanthropic mayhem all the way from the Canaries to Cape Town. Make out with a mummy, witness the dark secrets of vodou, say hello to Lucy, whitewater raft the Nile, go face-to-face with a gorilla, hallucinate on Kilimanjaro, fly across Victoria Falls, be swept out to sea by a riptide, bungy jump at Bloukrans and skydive over Cape Town. All this and more. Not just a travelogue or memoir, but the bigger picture of life on our beleaguered, long-suffering, over-populated planet and the absurdity of existence. With some enthralling notes, comments and conclusions on the naked ape and all that it stands for, to peruse at the end.