{"product_id":"my-african-conquest-cape-to-cairo-at-80","title":"My African Conquest: Cape to Cairo at 80","description":"\u003cp\u003eNext year I'm going to be 80 years old. My car will be 20 years old. Together we'll be 100. We're going to drive to Cairo.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'And what route are you going to take?'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'I have no idea. I think I'll keep to the right.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen 80-year-old Julia Albu calls in to her favourite radio show with a zany, half-baked idea, she has no idea that it will lead her to the adventure of a lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom helping push a 30-year-old Toyota bakkie up a precipitous mountain pass in Malawi to being 'adopted' by the riotous ex-pat South African community in Dar es Salaam and being fed mildly hallucinogenic 'herbs' by her Ethiopian driver-guide, nothing deterred 80-year-old Julia\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlbu from her quest to drive through Africa from the Cape to Cairo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShe and her 20-year-old Toyota Conquest, Tracy - a personality in her own right - travelled through 10 African countries, from South Africa to Egypt (and beyond). Julia was accompanied by a series of companions who added texture to her travels: three of her four grown-up children, her son-in-law, and at least one person who began as a complete stranger and ended up as a friend for life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReminiscing about her long and interesting life along the way, and maintaining a bright and upbeat outlook regardless of the circumstances, Julia proves that you're never too old to tackle that buck\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT-BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":53958002377072,"sku":"978-1868429530","price":5.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1009\/8543\/8576\/files\/71YSpQzpstL._SY522.jpg?v=1782789225","url":"https:\/\/antbook.store\/products\/my-african-conquest-cape-to-cairo-at-80","provider":"ANTBOOK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}