Don't Call Me Mrs Rogers by Paige Parker

Author:Paige Parker
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-981-46-5526-2
Publisher: Epigram Books
Published: 2019-02-08T16:00:00+00:00

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Namibia to South Africa to Malawi

Jim has always pushed boundaries. It’s simply part of his nature. Just as others might choose to, say, go bungee jumping or take that once-in-a-lifetime leap from an airplane to prove their mettle, my husband sets his mind on things like driving across a third-world country smack in the middle of a civil war.

I’m no wimp myself. If I weren’t a risk-taker, would I ever have quit my job to go around the world, or moved to Singapore, or married Jim, for that matter? But still, there’s a big difference between being adventuresome and being insane. Me, I would have never chosen to cross Angola had I truly known the danger of the pass we took. It was sheer luck that brought a safe escape from the military camp and the surrounding war front. Yet Jim loved every minute of it.

Continuing forward through Angola towards Namibia, it was the route, or rather lack thereof, that we were warned against more than the fighting. The war had taken its toll, leaving burned bridges and mutilated roads. We took turns driving, picking our way up and down nearly vertical mountain passes, then across the endless Namib Desert. After an irresistible stop at the oasis of Lake Arco, we were met in Lubango with news from Jim’s office in New York that had arrived two days earlier. Angola’s Minister of Tourism and Hotels was regretful to inform us that we would not be able to drive through Angola after all, due to “technical” reasons. Really?

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