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My wonderful boyfriend returned to Poland. Any famous Pole that visits Africa?


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Joined: Jan 19, 10 ♀ 		Edited by: Squirely  Jan 19, 10, 22:12    #1
My wonderful boyfriend has returned home to Poland to see his family and will probible be there for a while trying to figer things ou. I miss him so much I want to send him some things to just let him know i'm always thinking of him. He's so intellagnt and fun, i want some help to find stuff that would refelct that but prefrably in Polish.

I need to know of some Polish authers.
Is there a famous Pole that goes to Africa and hangs out with the tribes. He really likes him and I wanna know if he has written anything else?
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Wacław Korabiewicz for instance.
He traveled Africa mostly on his foots or hitchhicking.
He once sid: One wouldn't believe how small the world is and how people are similar to each other unless one would travel it by foot.
Africa is a big land. What part of this land do you mean?
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You might be talking about Cejrowski.. but I'm not sure..
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I don't know aaaaaarrrggh. But! but that was boyh instieful and helpful. He is just intrested that sorta thing and I wanna look like I know what I doing by sending a book in Polish. Thankyou
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If he is into travelling or reading about travelling you can buy something not necessarily polish :)
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Also, it could be Ryszard Kapuściński.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryszard_Kapu%C5%9Bci%C5%84ski
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What dose Matto Grosso mean?
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frd:
You might be talking about Cejrowski.. but I'm not sure..

This is most likely the guy, but where do you intend buying his book ?

Take frd,s advice and possibly get Michael Palin,s " Around the world in 80 days ".
( book or dvd ).
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Squirely:
What dose Matto Grosso mean?

Mato Grosso (click here)
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It's a region in Brazil.
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I'm so thick, i thought it was Polish that was missing thr Ł or ł for instance.
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No worries Squirely, you are trying to find out, nobody can fault you for that.
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Squirely:
I need to know of some Polish authers.
Is there a famous Pole that goes to Africa and hangs out with the tribes. He really likes him and I wanna know if he has written anything else?


Joseph Conrad.
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Squirely:
Is there a famous Pole that goes to Africa and hangs out with the tribes. He really likes him and I wanna know if he has written anything else?

Ryszard Kapuscinski. A cult Polish writer. His books are really popular and available on Amazon.
joepilsudski:
Joseph Conrad.

The horror, the horror!
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Nika is right. I have the book Travels with Herodotus in English. Superb!
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JonnyM:
Ryszard Kapuscinski

Is he the beardy fella,looks a bit like Frazier? If so,yes,cool geezer from what I remember :)

edit,maybe not then.....er,mods!!!!! bin this in random,yeah as I cant remember the name of said "beardy ,fraizer lookalike"....:)
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Is?? Was, you mean :)
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Seanus:
Travels with Herodotus in English.

yea great book, read it recently as well..
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He was a brave and insightful man. I really enjoyed his various commentaries and the spirit to take on challenges without money or security.
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Great man,read all is books, I think. Dervla Murphy( Irish travel writer on a bike) was/is a brave woman as well.
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Henryk Sienkiewicz travelled to Africa in 1890 and wrote the non-fiction book Letters From Africa as well as the children's novel In Desert And Wilderness which was set in Egypt and the Sudan. I read the latter and it was rather silly as it had a Polish boy taming an African elephant and making it his steed as well as fearlessly confronting the Mahdi.
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Des Essientes:
travelled to Africa in 1890

And of course stopped off on the way....
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Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness' was a pioneering book about travels in Africa...Actually 'Apocalypse Now' used it as a kind of jumping off point.
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joepilsudski:
Actually 'Apocalypse Now' used it as a kind of jumping off point .

Really????
JonnyM:
The horror, the horror!
;)
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Squirely:
Is there a famous Pole that goes to Africa and hangs out with the tribes. He really likes him and I wanna know if he has written anything else?


Leon Xiążę Sapieha

Lasy Itury; Wspomnienia z podróży.

http://www.antoranz.net/CURIOSA/ZBIOR2/C0303/10-QZC04088_ucho.HTM

and Eustachy Sapieha http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eustachy_Sapieha
Safari. Polowania w Afryce Wschodniej i Południowej


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