Eight Feet in the Andes: Travels with a Mule in Unknown Peru

by Dervla Murphy

Overview

Traveller Dervla Murphy and her nine-year-old daughter Rachel, accompanied by an endearing mule named Juana, clambered the length of Peru with only the most basic supplies to sustain them, spending most of their time above 10,000 feet. Their gruelling journey was marked by discomfort and danger, though mother and daughter remained resilient throughout, sustained by their great affection for the beauty of the Andes and impoverished people who live there. Eight Feet in the Andes takes the reader on a journey from Cajamarca, near the border with Ecuador, to Cuzco, the ancient Inca capital, over 1300 miles to the south. Confronting horrors and joys along the mountain paths, the Murphy women prove that they are as indomitable as ever.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780601243
Publisher:	Eland Publishing
Publication date:	10/30/2016
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	286
File size:	704 KB

About the Author

Dervla Murphy was born (and still lives) in Lismore, County Waterford in 1931. Full Tilt, her first book, published in 1965, describes her exuberant bicycle ride from Lismore to India. Since then she has travelled in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas, publishing over twenty other titles, including a highly acclaimed autobiography, Wheels Within Wheels. Dervla has won worldwide praise for her writing. Now in her eighties and with a brand new hip, she continues to travel around the world, happily setting off to trek in remote mountains or to live in refugee camps. She remains passionate about politics, conservation and beer.

Editorial Reviews

[Murphy] is the best kind of traveler: observant, high-spirited, and impervious to discomfort.

The Sunday Telegraph

“She is the best kind of traveler: observant, high-spirited, and impervious to discomfort.”  —The Sunday Telegraph

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