{"product_id":"9781785631948-walks-on-the-wild-side","title":"Walks on the Wild Side","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA series of treks around Lake Turkana in the Great Rift Valley of northern Kenya, where the local inhabitants are as hostile as the terrain and every day is a battle for survival. Are you ready to take a walk on the seriously wild side?In the early 1980s, John Pakenham walked a total of 1,500 miles, with a series of companions from the local Turkana and Samburu tribes and their long-suffering donkeys, around a lake in the Great Rift Valley of northern Kenya.Repeatedly beset by extreme thirst and dehydration, bitterly cold torrential rains, poisonous spiders, vindictive mosquitoes and the ever-present threat of bandits, not to mention a fatal fight between two of his companions, he was lucky to live to tell his tale.Pakenham's account provides a rare glimpse of a tough terrain and its even tougher inhabitants, where every day was a battle for survival. This is extreme travel that, four decades on, still packs a powerful punch.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40945359421537,"sku":"9781785631948","price":8.87,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/c45931d3c8c85c35403d639b835da239.png?v=1691781437","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781785631948-walks-on-the-wild-side","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}