Rachel's Reviews > Sahara

Bearing in mind what has happened in the countries mentioned in this book over the past 10 years some of the aspects are a little outdated - the ease of access to gas producing plants, the joking about being kidnapped and Gadaffi.

However, there were some excellent anecdotes and I found myself smiling throughout - the englishman who lived with a cockeral that diliked women for example. The need for armed guards in Algeria, and the constant cowering when large groups of people walked past maybe shouldn't have been as amusing as it was, but it at least gives you an insight into life as a foreigner within the Mediterranean African nations.

The main downside was that I felt Palin focused a little too much on himself rather than the landscape and the plight of the people living in it and despite the frequent mention of bad hotels, he had it far to easy throughout his travels.