I really enjoyed this book (like all the others of Theroux that I have read) as it I could really imagine the places that he went to. Theroux's insight and observations are fascinating.The only criticism I have is that we do not know how long it took him to complete his journey. Or did he perhaps interrupt his travels?I also found it quite disturbing that there were a few editing mistakes: the Big Five does not include the giraffe but consists of the elephant, lion, leopard, buffalo and rhinoceros. A freeway in Afrikaans is not a "vryweg" but a "hoofweg".He also tends to repeat himself a bit. Perhaps some tighter editing in the next edition is called for.