Jacket description:
"This is the best account I have read of travel on foot in the Andes. Other writers have walked through Peru and described their experiences, but without the apppreciation for scenery and people and the sheer enjoyment of the journey that makes Dervla Murphy one of our outstanding travel writers."...Traveller.

"The eight feet belong to Dervla Murphy, her nine-year-old daughter Rachel and Juana, an elegant mule, who together clambered the length of Peru, from Cajamarca on the border with Ecuador, to Cuzco, the ancient Inca capital, over 1300 miles to the south. With only the most basic necessities to sustain them and spending most of their time above 10,000 feet, their journey was marked by extreme discomfort, occasional danger and even the temporary loss of Juana over a precipice. Yet mother and daughter, a formidable duo, were unflagging in their sympathetic response to the perilous beauty and impoverished people of the Andes."

Note: Title that came up when registering says: "Travels with a Donkey...." but on actual book cover the donkey becomes "Travels with a Mule...."

Tradepaper like new. Too many others TBR. But sounds interesting.

Reserved for cathepsut....book offered re: Prize Squad contest: without restrictions.

Mailed April 3/06 to Cathepsut in Cairo, Egypt.

Found this on my doorstep tonight, thanks so much! And thanks as well for the nice bookmark...

Finally got round to this one. I really wanted to like it, but after spending ages getting past the first 50 pages I decided to give it up. Sorry, but it's boring. The great thing about travel literature is the things that happen on the way. But as far as I got, the main thing was going up the mountain, over the mountain, down the mountain.... And I did not think the descriptions of the most likely stunning scenery were very good either. Very disappointing.

Passed to a non-BookCrossing friend.