Travels with Livingstone: An American Family's Journey into South African Culture

The son of a professor who grew up traveling and living in various parts of the world, Robert Bensley humorously shares the story of his own exploits in transforming the same "third-culture kid" yearnings onto his children as they dive head first into a six-month journey in the heart of South African culture. The adventure begins as the Bensley family first learns of the opportunity; follows their exploits as they engage in, embrace, and experience South Africa; and carries through to when they return back to the US. Simple daily living-including the children's fascination with South African schools, pleasures associated with a myriad of new and interesting foods, off road adventures and mishaps with their adopted Land Rover "Livingstone", wild animals, crisscrossing the countryside, and a deep dive into the poverty and shacks that are the bold remnants of a once oppressive government system-become a central focus of this story. Follow along with the Bensley family as they meld into what was once a foreign culture and their transformation as they explore the beauty, history, angst, and cultural aspects of both historical and modern day South Africa.