[prawn]

It pains me that so many beautiful sights on our planet are in what is reasonably dangerous territory or at least perceived as such.

I would love to see all of Africa, but have only been to Morocco, which seemed very safe at least.

[tim333]

There are always organised overland truck trips which are pretty safe eg http://www.intrepidtravel.com/uk/search/trip?f%5Bduration%5D...

or https://www.truckafrica.com/tour/london-to-cairo-trans-afric...

which does much the same route as in the article for approx £8k

[RogtamBar]

Freedom means you're free to succeed or fail on your own merits.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanzelka_and_Zikmund .. these guys travelled the world widely in late 1940's. I've read the African book, and it's very funny reading these days.

The both despised the colonialist administrations, and the book frequently mentioned all the injustices done on the native populations. Yet the factual descriptions of Africa at that time make it look a far safer place.

[prawn]

Friends of my parents' travelled in Afghanistan (and probably neighbouring countries), presumably in the 1970s. And said it was akin to going to Vietnam now - as in, maybe slightly adventurous by average standards, but nothing crazy.