You’ve heard of the Dark Continent and you’ve read Heart of Darkness; well, this is The Dark Heart of Humanity, where it all began.

More misanthropic mayhem all the way from the Canaries to Cape Town. Make out with a mummy, witness the dark secrets of vodou, say hello to Lucy, whitewater raft the Nile, go face-to-face with a gorilla, hallucinate on Kilimanjaro, fly across Victoria Falls, be swept out to sea by a riptide, bungy jump at Bloukrans and skydive over Cape Town.

All this and more. Not just a travelogue or memoir, but the bigger picture of life on our beleaguered, long-suffering, over-populated planet and the absurdity of existence.

With some enthralling notes, comments and conclusions on the naked ape and all that it stands for, to peruse at the end. Go back, we fucked up everything…