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EASTERN AFRICA
Walking with Warriors By DavidBristow
For 13 years David Bristow T here are really two kinds of safari in Kenya. The
edited Africa’s leading travel one is where every attempt is made to make you
magazine Getaway, and his feel as though you have stepped back in time into
colleagues dubbed him “the a romantic Africa: lots of leather and brass furnishings,
walking enviropedia.” Now a luxurious drapes and a cocktail offered every time you
freelance writer, he continues to turn around.
share this knowledge, primarily
through storytelling. He is an The other is where no attempt is made to recreate that
environmental scientist and romantic Euro-centric illusion. It’s where the Africa of old
has written some 20 books that and new meet in a much more meaningful way.
focus on the natural environment, culture and history of the region.
His specific focus is the history of the Cape, its peoples, cultures, The first kind is to be found primarily in the old
politics and how the natural environment has influenced human established game reserves, notably the Masai Mara,
development there. The geological (including paleontological) and
archeological record are among his interests.
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Walking with Warriors By DavidBristow
For 13 years David Bristow T here are really two kinds of safari in Kenya. The
edited Africa’s leading travel one is where every attempt is made to make you
magazine Getaway, and his feel as though you have stepped back in time into
colleagues dubbed him “the a romantic Africa: lots of leather and brass furnishings,
walking enviropedia.” Now a luxurious drapes and a cocktail offered every time you
freelance writer, he continues to turn around.
share this knowledge, primarily
through storytelling. He is an The other is where no attempt is made to recreate that
environmental scientist and romantic Euro-centric illusion. It’s where the Africa of old
has written some 20 books that and new meet in a much more meaningful way.
focus on the natural environment, culture and history of the region.
His specific focus is the history of the Cape, its peoples, cultures, The first kind is to be found primarily in the old
politics and how the natural environment has influenced human established game reserves, notably the Masai Mara,
development there. The geological (including paleontological) and
archeological record are among his interests.
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