Instruct: Classify a given review as either positive or negative.
Query: Just like being there

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Mr. Randall relates his experience, first as an assistant tour guide and later as a grade school teacher with characteristic British humor and an objectivity that is unusual for articles and books on post-apartheid southern Africa. He gives the reader a sample of the moral complexities affecting the people of the region (racial and cultural relations, AIDS) without degenerating into didactic platitudes. The reader also gets an introduction to the grandeur of the Kalahari and its wildlife; although if I have one criticism, its that he doesn't give enough attention to the Okavango Delta and Victoria Falls. Nevertheless, there is a lot to like about this book, and I would recommend it to anybody who has an interest in southern Africa. Five stars.