How much trouble can two errant JT columnists, seven female undergraduates from a Tokyo university, an ex-bush fighter and motley others get into during 10 days exploring the wilds of Namibia? Join Stephen Hesse, Hugh Paxton and their intrepid entourage for a lively, humorous and often touching adventure in southern Africa.
At any other time of the year, Namibia is a land of contrasts -- but not in the dry season. Then, during its southern hemisphere midwinter, Namibia is rough-hewn and sublime by turns, revealing itself in myriad shades of brown and yellow. Still, it is consistently hot and dry. And it's dusty: Dust that's so fine and gets so deep into your pores that I swear you cough it back out.
But I'm getting ahead of myself.