Paddle the Nile

📖 The Scoop

Award winning adventurer, Sarah Davis, became the first woman to lead an expedition down the Nile. This incredible journey came from Sarah's desire to lead a life less ordinary, and feeling like a square peg being pushed into a round hole with her corporate life. She decided it was time for change. After delving deeply and exploring countless options, it came to her, she was going to paddle the world's longest river, the Nile, from its source in Rwanda to its end in Egypt. It proved to be a journey that was physically demanding, emotionally draining and mentally enlightening. Along the way Sarah would be attacked by hippos, arrested, travel through a country on the brink of civil war and endure the near constant threat of kidnap. Sarah's account shares the highs and lows of this life-changing adventure through Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Sudan and Egypt. It's a journey she has described as being equal parts fun, tough and terrifying!

Genre: Biography & Autobiography / General (fancy, right?)