Foo Foo Rider

This is edition 2. It has some typo's corrected plus a few more photos (Idi Amin giving the awards at Nakivubu and me trying to teach some young ladies how to ride a motorbike in New Zealand). I've also added a short story I wrote back in the 70's about my climb of Mt Kenya and a photo of a roll of 'Jackson' tp from Delhi. Oh and I've, uhh, highlit the low key Chinese knock shop in Singapore!If you ever wondered what crazy things other people get up to here's a good place to start your research.Featuring...* Why you should never ask me to play the drums.* Half way round the world on a 250cc Jawa.* Across the Sahara and through darkest Africa with two friends on their honeymoon - in a nine year old Morris Isis with 4 inches of ground clearance running on bald tyres nicked from rubbish dumps around London. (They don't write adventures like that any more!)* How to 'ride' your motorcycle up Mt Kilimanjaro.* How to escape being hacked to death by a panga gang wearing only your underpants.From the back cover...It’s been a long road and there have been many wrong turns.But there are some wonderful moments hidden away, mostly in Africa.Trail rides on my own into the complete unknown, or shared with friends.Too bad Africa had to end.I remember the friends I’ve made and those I’ve lost.But as we grow older everythingis lost and everyone.In the end. Read more