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On their 10-month, Safari Jema, pan-African overland adventure from Casablanca to Cape Town, Teresa O’Kane and her husband Scott were charged by an elephant, a hippo, and, if I recall correctly, semi-charged by the occasional monkey or baboon. The closest I’ve ever come is having been overcharged by a cellular phone company – twice. So, for this homebody, vicariously experiencing where, how and why they travel so extensively and wonderfully, indeed living their entire lives so richly around that, on a budget, was the next best thing (and can be even more cost effective --- especially on Kindle).

In no way your traditional advisory travelogue of where to go, what to see, and where to stay and eat – although, and I am not making this up, immediately upon finishing the last chapter, my wife and I hightailed it over to MarRosso, the East African cuisine café that just opened in the local strip mall, and regaled its Eritrean owner with a solid 10 minutes of O’Kane’s anecdotes and humorous observations about Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar, and that general vicinity. So much more fun than just taking the Google itinerary. Sopped it all up like injera in monsoon season; although the wide screen TV of the track and field event in Birmingham, England on the wall behind us, with East Africans winning just about every race, certainly must also have contributed to the success of our set.

I’d also urge a perusal of some of the other celebratory Amazon reviews here that do a much better job than I ever could of sharing how this was not only a masterful mélange of information, observation, compassion, humor, relationships – but just damned good story telling entertainment. An easy enough read, that you’ll want to circle back to your favorite chapters, like a Cape Buffalo – but in a good way.


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Safari Jema A Journey of Love and Adventure from Casablanca to Cape Town Teresa O'Kane 9781463741792 Books Reviews

Safari Jema is more than just a travel memoir. While it’s true that Teresa O’Kane’s recount of her adventurous overland journey of the African Continent “from top to bottom” contains the kinds of tips that will benefit anyone considering travelling there (or anywhere, actually), the book is perhaps even more valuable to readers as a vivid illustration that fabulous wealth is not a necessary prerequisite to extended travel and as an excellent reminder that “experiences are more valuable than things.”

Following a loose (and ultimately, almost non-existent) itinerary that allowed them the utmost flexibility in their day-to-day travel decisions, Teresa and her husband took the good and the bad from their trip with equal aplomb. To them, experiencing, enduring, and overcoming the inevitable discomforts, setbacks, and mishaps that occur over the course of a 10-month trek are a significant part of its appeal, and makes life’s luxuries (like an occasional tall Gin and Tonic at sundown) even more treasured.

An added bonus to Safari Jema is the first-time author’s remarkably skillful writing. Whether detailing up close and personal encounters with lions, baboons, elephants and a terrifyingly territorial hippo or marveling at the majestic beauty of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Victoria Falls, and the countless rivers and lakes upon which shores she and her husband pitched a tent, Ms. O’Kane describes a spectacular continent not always conforming to the Africa in most of our imaginations.

But perhaps most enjoyable to the reader is the humor and warmth “Tris” conveys in her writing. Page after page and chapter after chapter, her keen wit and self-deprecating style (which, incidentally, mirrors the “lack of pretense” she finds so appealing about the African people) leaves one chuckling out loud. Meanwhile, through her empathetic conversations with locals and fellow travelers, her expressed admiration of Africa’s men and “never-idle” women who feel “blessed by life despite how hard it (is)” (and the corollary realization that “hardship needn’t always displace contentment”) – and most certainly through her frequent interactions with the largely happy and joyful African children – Tris reveals an underlying kind-heartedness at her core that makes it easy for the reader to share not just her experiences, but also her emotions.

As awesome as its flora, fauna and geography are, Tris makes clear that the joy of Africa lies largely in her people.
Traveling has always been my passion. I have been every where I have wanted to go with the exception of Africa. Due to some physical issues I will never be able to make this journey.I know the author through her brothers. Her stories were always so amazing and interesting. I wanted to know about the Africa Teresa saw and loved, so I purchased the book when it first came out. I have read it several times. It was easy, captivating, interesting and such descriptive writing, I felt like I was along on the trip with them. I’ve shared the book with several friends who felt the same as I did. I can not wait for her next book. It’s time to travel again with Teresa and Scott. BTW not only is her writing amazing, so are her photos.
Teresa O'Kane and her husband Scott, on this trip to Africa, plan to go from Casablanca to Cape Town.
In the beginning they sign up with an Australian mechanic who was building an overland truck in England Intending to drive it from England to Cape Town South Africa, and was looking for adventurous people, to share the experience and cost of the trip. They flew into Casablanca , and the following day with local transportation met the truck in the port city of Cueta, on the Northernmost tip of Africa, where the truck was to disembark.
This is where their many adventures begin. I loved this book as it was a bit different in the style in which the author portrays Africa, you do get your usual Safari's etc, but they seem to do a lot of it, in a different way from other books I have read on African travel. The way the author talks about the small things that bring them joy on this continent, the people and their ways, the transportation, food etc. It was a very refreshing, and very personal story.
We follow them as they have for the most part, some wonderful and unique experiences. In the beginning and at the end they talk about some of their previous trips, and of how anyone can make these trips possible. I look forward to more of their travels.
On their 10-month, Safari Jema, pan-African overland adventure from Casablanca to Cape Town, Teresa O’Kane and her husband Scott were charged by an elephant, a hippo, and, if I recall correctly, semi-charged by the occasional monkey or baboon. The closest I’ve ever come is having been overcharged by a cellular phone company – twice. So, for this homebody, vicariously experiencing where, how and why they travel so extensively and wonderfully, indeed living their entire lives so richly around that, on a budget, was the next best thing (and can be even more cost effective --- especially on ).

In no way your traditional advisory travelogue of where to go, what to see, and where to stay and eat – although, and I am not making this up, immediately upon finishing the last chapter, my wife and I hightailed it over to MarRosso, the East African cuisine café that just opened in the local strip mall, and regaled its Eritrean owner with a solid 10 minutes of O’Kane’s anecdotes and humorous observations about Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar, and that general vicinity. So much more fun than just taking the Google itinerary. Sopped it all up like injera in monsoon season; although the wide screen TV of the track and field event in Birmingham, England on the wall behind us, with East Africans winning just about every race, certainly must also have contributed to the success of our set.

I’d also urge a perusal of some of the other celebratory reviews here that do a much better job than I ever could of sharing how this was not only a masterful mélange of information, observation, compassion, humor, relationships – but just damned good story telling entertainment. An easy enough read, that you’ll want to circle back to your favorite chapters, like a Cape Buffalo – but in a good way.