CROSSING THE SAHARA 1
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Michael Asher is a British explorer and the first person to cross the
Sahara Desert using only camels. As a young man. Asher
(work/arrive) as a police officer and then a
teacher. But he
want/wait) to be an explorer.
So hes
(visit / move) to Africa, 4
(live / watch) with an African tribe and s
(study!
start, their language. He 6
(describe / marry) an
Italian woman called Mariantonietta Peru. She?
plan/ love) the idea of exploring too, and together they
(walk /plan) a journey across the Sahara Desert
from west to east by camel and on foot. They 9
(train / stop) for three months and then they 10
(start/ end) their journey. They "
(work / travel)
about 7 250 kilometres and 12
(arrive / live) at
their destination 271 days later. Asher
{decide!
describe) the crossing in his book inpossible Journey - TWO
Against the Sahara
