Journey to the Jade Sea

What does it feel like to cut loose from city life and lead a train of camels across one of the most formidable deserts in the world? This is what John Hillaby chose to do by going to the deserts east of lake Rudolf — the Jade Sea on the borders of Kenya and Ethiopia. The lava beds surrounding this extraordinary lake are often too hot to touch. The sands blow at gale force and the soda lake, a bright green jewel amid a setting of volcanoes, is the home of unusually large crocodiles and the relics of a primitive tribe, the Elmolo, who live under the shadow of Kulal, the mountain of the winds. The landscapes of the Northern Frontier District have been described as the nearest thing to hell on earth.

• Author
• John Hillaby

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 206

• Publisher
• Academy Chicago Publishers

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780586081402

• Genres
• travel, kenya, africa, ethiopia

• Release date
• 1973