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Africa: Lesotho - Country #39Book: The Scramble for Africa: The White Man’s Conquest of the Dark Continent by Thomas Pakenham
Next Stop: Back through South Africa (in route to Eswatini,) which won’t count towards my 80 books since I have to traipse through South Africa again.
Africa: South Africa - Country does not count again since cutting back through from an enclaved country.Book: Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Next Stop: Eswatini
Africa: Eswatini - Country #40Book: Zoo Story: Life in the Garden of Captives by Thomas French
Next Stop: Mozambique
Africa: Mozambique - Country #41Book: A Window on Eternity: A Biologist's Walk Through Gorongosa National Park by Edward O. Wilson
Next Stop: Zimbabwe
Africa: Malawi - Country #44Book: A Land Ruled by Silence: Tales of Transitions in the Warm Heart of Africa by Eliza McCullen
Next Stop: Tanzania
Africa: Madagascar - Country #46Book: Muddling through Madagascar by Dervla Murphy
Next Stop: Seychelles
Africa: Somalia - Country #50Book: The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth by Mark Mazzetti
Next Stop: Yemen
Asia (Middle East): Yemen - Country #51Book: The Fox Hunt: A Memoir of Yemen and My Odyssey to America by Mohammed Al Samawi
Next Stop: Oman
Asia (Middle East): Oman - Country #52Book: Turtle Moon by Fiona Helen Redfern-Pattison
Next Stop: Iran
Asia (Middle East): Iran - Country #53Book: Understanding Iran: Everything You Need to Know, From Persia to the Islamic Republic, From Cyrus to Ahmadinejad by William R. Polk
Next Stop: Turkmenistan
Asia (Middle East): Turkmenistan - Country #54Book: The Increment by David Ignatius
Next Stop:Uzbekistan
Asia (Central Asia): Uzbekistan - Country #55Book: The Language of the Birds by Alisher Nava'i
Next Stop: Kazakhstan
Asia (Central Asia): Kazakhstan - Country #56Book: The Dead Wander in the Desert by Rollan Seisenbayev
Next Stop: China
Asia (Central Asia): China - Country #57Book: The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
Next Stop: Pakistan
Asia: Pakistan - Country #58Book: Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition by Nisid Hajari
Next Stop: India
Asia: India - Country #59Book: The Story of My Experiments with Truth by M.K. Gandhi
Next Stop: Bangladesh
Asia: Burma - Country #61Book: Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II
Next Stop: Thailand
Southeast Asia: Thailand - Country #62Book: The Boys in the Cave: Deep Inside the Impossible Rescue in Thailand by Matt Gutman
Next Stop: Vietnam
Southeast Asia: Vietnam- Country #63Book: Where the Wind Leads: A Refugee Family's Miraculous Story of Loss, Rescue, and Redemption by Vinh Chung
Next Stop: Cambodia
Oceania: New Zealand - Country #67Book: Sea People by Christina Thompson
Next Stop: Papua New Guinea
Oceania: Papua New Guinea - Country #68Book: A Death in the Rainforest: How a Language and a Way of Life Came to an End in Papua New Guinea by Don Kulick
Next Stop: Malaysia
Oceania: Malaysia - Country #69Book: Asian Children's Favorite Stories: A Treasury of Folktales from China, Japan, Korea, India, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia
Next Stop: Singapore
Oceania: Brunei - Country #74Book: Stranger in the Forest: On Foot Across Borneo by Eric Hansen
Next Stop: The Philippines
Oceania: The Philippines - Country #75Book: America is in the Heart: A Personal History by Carlos Bulosan
Next Stop: Japan
Oceania: Marshall Islands - Country #78Book: 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea by Jonathan Franklin
Next Stop: Kiribati
Oceania: Kiribati - Country #79Book: Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers by Simon Winchester
Next Stop: Peru
South America: Peru - Country #80Book: Touching the Void by Joe Simpson
I've reached the end of this Journey and have enjoyed it immensely.
I got lost on my Journey last year half way around the world. I had completed most all of Europe, North, and South America, with bits of each other continent in 2018's 80 books. I wanted to canvass Africa, Asia, and Oceania with this journey in 2019 (along with a few books from the other continents.)
Plans went awry. You can see my last year's progress here:
I picked up where I left off and hope to do the last half this year. I realize I've gone rogue, but I can only start where I've left off. Since I've just finished the tome I was slowed down with, I will begin by posting that review next.