You learn as you walk.
That the unfamiliar world will soon become a part of my life!

Abandoning the sea route, I completed it only on foot.
Sailor Park Seung-hoon's Hot African Crossing Story

As hope awaits at the end of a challenge
If you endure with your whole body and walk silently,
Finally reaching the Cape of Good Hope!

From the Sinai Peninsula to the Cape of Good Hope
A sailor's grand challenge to cross 25 African countries

The author of this book is a former chief engineer of a large ship.
He spent his entire life sailing the vast oceans and crossing continents.
He traveled around the world, circling the Cape of Good Hope, the southernmost tip of the African continent.
I am once again visiting the Cape of Good Hope, which I have passed by countless times.
The only difference this time is that we are going on land instead of the sea, and on foot instead of by boat.

The author departs from Jordan, crosses the Sinai Peninsula connecting the Middle East and Africa, and begins his journey in earnest in Egypt, the northernmost part of the African continent.
Walk along the Atlantic coast, passing through Tunisia and Morocco, to Senegal, Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire.
Heading inland again, we pass through Angola, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana before arriving in South Africa at the Cape of Good Hope.
And finally, we stand on our two feet at our destination, the Cape of Good Hope.
Africa, where everything is different from ours, including culture, language, and climate.
The author's spirit of challenge in crossing that unfamiliar land alone, and on foot, resonates deeply with readers.
Crossing borders on foot within the continent, being bewildered by complex administrative procedures and struggling with unexpected bad weather, the sight of them finally achieving their goal is deeply moving.
The photographs of the breathtaking scenery and people living in various parts of Africa are the highlight of this book.
Readers will be able to vividly experience the charm of Africa through this book.

However, Egypt has announced that although an arrival visa is available, a prior visa is required to enter the Sinai Peninsula via land border.
So, while I was in Jordan, I visited the Egyptian embassy, ​​but they told me to get a visa when I visited in person, so I just got on the boat.
First, submit your passport to the passport office installed on the ship you boarded, undergo Jordanian immigration inspection, and after departure, submit your passport, fees, and documents to the immigration office installed on the ship before arriving in Egypt. After the ship arrives, the ship staff will hand you a passport with an entry visa stamped on it.
--- p.20

I boarded an international bus bound for the neighboring country, Togo.
Togo only operates an electronic visa (E-VISA), so it took about 5 to 6 days to obtain a visa using the electronic system.
I was able to check the visa issuance progress on my phone, and I received the visa on my phone and printed it out, so I prepared a separate authentication document.
However, problems arose when crossing the land border.
First, when crossing the Ghanaian border, the immigration office will ask you to show a pre-entry visa for the other country, Togo.
I showed my E-VISA document with a puzzled look on my face, and they said that an e-VISA is only available upon entry at the airport.
Then, they postpone the departure stamp for Ghana and take you to the immigration office in the neighboring travel country, Togo.
After discussing the situation with the immigration officer, I returned to the Ghana Immigration Office after some time and was told that permission had been granted.
After that, the inspector who certifies departure stamps the departure stamp, saying it is a consideration for 'Korea'.
I returned to the Togo immigration office and received the entry permit in my passport and returned the E-VISA document to the immigration office.
If you do it wrong, you won't be able to go anywhere.
Because if I am denied entry to Togo, where can I get a re-entry visa if I want to leave the country and return since my Ghanaian visa is a single-entry visa?
I can't imagine.
My steps are light thanks to the kind consideration of the Ghanaian inspector.
--- p.105

In the past, during the Age of Exploration, seafarers braved rough waves and looked towards the Cape of Good Hope, which held the hope of sailing, to travel between Europe and Asia. I have also passed through it several times in my career.
But this time, he walked across the dark continent of Africa and stood tall at the southernmost point, the Cape of Good Hope.
Finally, starting from Egypt, the northeastern tip of the black continent of Africa, I walked around the Mediterranean Sea, and then from Morocco, the northwestern tip, I walked south along the Atlantic Ocean, and walked through Central Africa. Standing tall at the Cape of Good Hope in Cape Town, the southernmost tip of the African continent, I looked back and realized that I had passed through about 20 countries.

--- p.158