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Dom Joly was born in Beirut and lived there until he was 18. He lived through the civil war, went to school with Osama Bin Laden, and learned to ski and speak French and Arabic. At the age of seven, he was sent to an English boarding school, where he would spend term times before returning to his war-torn home. It was a schizophrenic existence. Dom's parents divorced when he was 18, and he moved permanently to the UK, becoming a diplomat, a political journalist and then famous as a man who dressed as a giant squirrel. He has been back to Lebanon only twice since.
Then he read about an attempt to encourage tourism in this long-suffering country: The Lebanon Mountain Trail. This is a hiking trail that runs from the Syrian border in the north of Lebanon, along the spine of the country's mountain range all the way to the Israeli border in the south. The trail takes 30 days to complete.
Dom immediately decided that he must hike the trail in 2018, the year of his 50th birthday, and invited two friends along. Essentially this is a bonding adventure that just so happens to take place right in the middle of the most important geopolitical region of our times.
The Downhill Hiking Club is a funny, heartwarming travel book full of insight into the Middle East, religion, friendship and growing old disgracefully....
It's three men on a camel...without the camel.
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- Chris Healey
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He walked, so you don't have to
I very much enjoy Dom Joly the explorer, and for that matter the narrator too. I honestly can't believe he took on such a grueling walk, dragging his two friends along with him.
Let's face it, most of us will probably never dream of doing this, but it was certainly fascinating to hear about this journey. The author obviously understands the country well, given his time there as a child, and his passion for travel is obvious from the writing.
Really enjoyed the book, I never imagined I'd download an account of a middle aged comedian going on a long arduous walk in Lebanon with his friends, much less enjoy it. But I did, it was great, and I am absolutely certain I will never follow in his footsteps.
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