Sahara

The book starts with getting to the Sahara. He stops in Gibraltar (where no Spanish newspapers can be found), takes a ferry to Tanger, travels over to Fes (where parts maintain their mideival customs), and then continues on down through Africa.
Maps can also be seen on Palin's web site.

The narrative is fairly engaging, with about an even balance between descriptions of the people and the surroundings. During parts of the book, they are traveling through remote areas of the desert, while at other times they end up in Mediterranean tourist resorts. Much of the countries covered are Muslim countries of the former "French Africa". However, there are bits of true "nomads" and others.

It seemed like an interesting topic. However, I had trouble getting engaged.