Don't Look Behind You, But ...: Tales from an African safari guide
By (Author) Peter Allison
Allen & Unwin
Arena
1st August 2009
Australia
General
Non Fiction
Wildlife: general interest
Memoirs
A828
Paperback
304
Width 130mm, Height 195mm
360g
It shouldn't be fun to be chased by an animal that outweighs you by a factor of seventy, but Peter Allison gets an odd thrill every time an elephant charges his beaten-up jeep or a peckish crocodile looks at him sideways. And now our favourite safari leader is back with more crazy, incredible, endearing and laugh-out-loud funny tales from his time guiding unsuspecting tourists through the African bush. By now you'd think he'd know his way around. You'd be wrong. From avoiding territorial hippos and half-starved lions to dodging landmines and getting lost on the unforgiving savanna, Allison has had his fair share of close calls. Yet, despite a growing suspicion that it is trying very hard to kill him, he just can't shake his love of this remarkable land, its animals and its people.
Peter Allison is the bestselling author of Whatever You Do, Don't Run.