Great African Adventures

The first question I asked author Jacques Marais when I finally met him (we’d been in e-contact for a while, but never before in the same place at the same time) was, “Did you personally do all those things.”

And immediately the words came out of my mouth, regretted asking it - they showed that I hadn’t even bothered to read the introduction to this amazing dream-builder of a book.

But then if you put the cauliflower and broccoli on the table at the same time as the ice cream and the Bar One sauce and tell the kids to tuck in - who’s gonna eat the veggies? Gimme the sweets! Gimme the sweets!

(No, for the record, Mr. Marais didn’t write all the entries, but that doesn’t matter).

Amazing illustrations, incredible feats, and big, big dreams populate every single page of this book. Kloofing, trail running, canopy tours, catamaran cruising in the islands, snowboarding, rock climbing - everything I’ve ever wanted to do out there’s in here. 20 chapters of ‘em.

But I’m not going to tell you any more about it. Just buy it and enjoy, OK?

It’s published by Random House Struik. Buy it here.