*Where was it taking us? In or out of society? I had no fixed address now, didn't want one, didn't need one.* It all began at the Oyster Bar in Grand Central Station, New York, in 1961. Two Princeton graduates, John Hopkins and Joe McPhillips, have returned from Peru, where they dreamed of buying a coffee plantation in the jungle. Not ready to return to a life of work, marriage, and mortgages, they are tempted by a mysterious letter from Kenya. Hatching a plan to ride a motorbike across North Africa, they buy a sleek, white R50 BMW and paint her name--'The White Nile'--on the fuel tank, in...
*Where was it taking us? In or out of society? I had no fixed address now, didn't want one, didn't need one.* It all began at the Oyster Bar in Gra...
A riveting coming-of-age journey and a tantalising glimpse into a time when Africa was an oyster for the young, the brave and the free. It all began at the Oyster Bar in Grand Central Station, in 1961. Two young Princetonians have returned to New York from South America, where their dream of buying a coffee plantation in the Peruvian jungle evaporated. With the fire for adventure still burning in their veins, they are tempted by a mysterious letter from Kenya and plan a trip across Africa. They buy a white BMW motorcycle and paint the words ‘The White Nile’ on the tank, to honour the...
A riveting coming-of-age journey and a tantalising glimpse into a time when Africa was an oyster for the young, the brave and the free. It all began ...
