The story is familiar to movie fans-the horrifying tale of the 1907 book The Man-Eaters of Tsavo has been retold by Hollywood many times, most recently in the 1996 film The Ghost and the Darkness-but hearing it directly from the source remains a thrill. Patterson, a natural storyteller, immerses us in the horror of the workers' fear and his own attempts to track the beast, which eventually would kill 140 people before Patterson took them out. This real-life escapade will rivet fans of adventure fiction and nonfiction alike. Anglo-Irish hunter JOHN HENRY PATTERSON (1867-1947) was an officer in the British army when he was commissioned by the British East Africa Company to oversee the construction of a railway bridge in Kenya. Just after he arrived in Africa, a pair of rogue male lions-animals that do not typically attack humans-began preying on the railroad workers, killing them viciously and consuming their corpses.

With a stable government and a rapidly improving tourist infrastructure, Uganda is becoming increasingly popular among travellers of all budgets. This updated edition of Uganda is a guide for visitors.

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Tourism in Rwanda--"Land of a Thousand Hills"--is developing rapidly, and this updated edition lists the newest hotels, tours, activities, tour operators and all other travel practicalities. Whether you want to explore Rwanda's ancient and modern history, watch performances of traditional dance and drumming, or climb a volcano, this guide is an essential part of your trip. Visit the three National Parks with their varied wildlife, track chimps in Nyungwe Forest, and, of course, visit the world-famous gorillas in the Volcanoes National Park. With 50 extra pages this guide reflects rapid changes and improvements to the tourist infrastructure of an emerging tourist destination. This guide features: *The very latest updates on hotels, tours, and transport*Twice as many maps--all updated*Conservation areas and national parks in detail*What to see and do in and around Kigali, including local markets, handicrafts, restaurants, and memorials*"Giving something back"--development projects

Folded road&tourist map of Tanzania at 1:1,500,000 scale. Places of interest, national parks, beaches, lodges/camps are highlighted. Shaded-relief coloring clearly depicts topography. Insets include Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar-Stonetown, Arusha, Pemba Island, and Zanzibar Island (Unguja).

Land-locked in the heart of the African continent, Uganda has a fantastic climate, an ever-changing landscape and people who are honest, polite and genuinely pleased to help. Footprint’s Uganda Handbook will guide you from the peaks of the Mountains of the Moon, through the Impenetrable Forest to the Source of the Nile, taking in adrenalin-pumping thrills of tracking gorillas and rafting some of the best white water rides in the world. ·         Includes selected itineraries offering advice on how to get the best out of your trip whether you’re travelling for a week or a month·         Extensive thoroughly researched information to help you plan your trip as well as advise you on the ground·         Tips on white-water rafting, gorilla and chimp tracking·         The heart of the guide is broken in to the key regions of Uganda – Kampala&Entebbe, Jinja Mount Elgon and the east, Kidepo Murchison and the north, Fort Portal, QENP and the west, Sseses, Bwindi, the south and southwest - and gives you comprehensive information on each of these regions·         Each regional section has an overview map, local information on how to get around with transport and street maps where relevant, a short history of the region, thorough advice on what to see and do and a directory of key local information on banks, embassies, internet cafes and medical services.·         32-page full-colour section dedicated to Uganda’s wildlife offering advice and information on what to see and where to see it·         Also includes a full-colour mini atlas to help you get your bearings From the bustling city of Kampala to the heavily forested waterfalls of the tropical Ssese Islands, Footprint’s fully updated 2nd edition will help you navigate this vibrant destination. 

The two central African countries of Rwanda and Burundi are gradually returning to prosperity. They are both very interesting countries, scenically attractive, and relatively untouched by modernism. Both have suffered serious unrest in the past, but have moved on and are determined to have a bright and happy future. The people are marvelous; one can't express in a brief paragraph the warmth and friendliness of the ordinary people of both countries. This is really a part of Africa everyone should visit. An folded, indexed easy-to-use road map of Rwanda and Burundi to plan your trip, to prepare your itinerary, and to travel independently in these African countries. Inset maps of Kigali and Bujumbara. Touristic information: points of interest, airports, religious buildings, hotels, lodging, hospitals, clinics, gas stations, caves, ports, telephones, post-offices, forests, national parks, tracks and paths, ferry routes on Kivu Lake.

In this laugh-out-loud funny memoir, a pampered city girl falls head over little black heels in love with a Peace Corps poster boy and follows him —literally–to the ends of the earth. Eve Brown always thought she would join the Peace Corps someday, although she secretly worried about life without sushi, frothy coffee drinks and air conditioning.  But with college diploma in hand, it was time to put up or shut up. So with some ambivalence she arrives at the Peace Corps office–sporting her best safari chic attire –to casually look into the steps one might take if one were to become a global humanitarian, a la Angelina Jolie.  But when Eve meets John, her dashing young Peace Corps recruiter, all her ambivalence flies out the window. She absolutely must join the Peace Corps - and win John's heart in the process. Off to Ecuador she goes and - after a year in the jungle - back to the States she runs, vowing to stay within easy reach of a decaf cappuccino for the rest of her days. But life had other plans.  Just as she's getting reacquainted with the joys of toilet paper, John gets a job with CARE and Eve must decide if she’s up for life in another third world outpost. Before you can say, "pass the malaria prophylaxis," the couple heads off to Uganda, and the fun really begins--if one can call having rats in your toilet fun. Fortunately, in Eve’s case one certainly can, because to her, every experience is an adventure to be embraced and these pages come alive with all of the alternatively poignant and uproarious details. With wit and candor, First Comes Love, then Comes Malaria chronicles Eve’s misadventures as an aspiring do-gooder. From intestinal parasites to getting caught in a civil war, culture clashes to unexpected friendships, here is an honest and laugh-out-loud funny look at the search for love and purpose—from a woman who finds both in the last place she expected.AUTHOR BIO EVE BROWN-WAITE was a finalist for Iowa Review, Glimmer Train, and New Millennium Writings Awards for stories she wrote about her time abroad. She lives with her husband and two children in Massachusetts.