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My Mercedes Is Not For Sale: From Amsterdam To Ouagadougou...An Auto-Misadventure Across The Sahara (2008)

by Jeroen van Bergeijk(Favorite Author)

3.27 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0767928695 (ISBN13: 9780767928694)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Broadway Books

review 1: Interesting read about some places I know well, though pretty superficial and full of stereotypes, especially of himself and the guys who take a gap year to drive from Europe to Africa, selling their car for more than it is worth to pay for their trip - no particular insights gained, though it is a bit curious that he went back again taking his family - not sure whether that meant his siblings and parents or his girlfriend and child.
review 2: A Dutch guy drives from The Netherlands through West Africa, in order to sell his car. I like travelogues, this one's modern and goes through a part of Africa I have only read about (he goes through the Western Sahara, where they shipwrecked in one of the books I read earlier this year). It's a little different from mos... moret of the ones I read, because instead of just wandered around, he had a specific purpose. There's a little history, a little musing on development (only sanctimonious in a couple of spots), and enough history thrown in to make it feel a little educational... but mostly it's hella entertaining. less

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