He spent time in the Sahara area on three occasions, was almost killed four times, and caught malaria twice. Living mainly on canned fish, Wu traveled around Africa with his cameras and canvasses.
他三次出入撒哈拉沙漠，四次差點因意外喪命，二次感染嚴重瘧疾；經常以魚罐頭為食，扛著笨重的攝影及繪畫器材四處奔走… …，這一切不僅是毅力，也是體力的考驗。