Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle
Three thousand miles by bicycle through Africa.
In January 1992, Dervla Murphy prescribed herself several carefree months and embarked on a cycle tour (pedaling and pushing) from Kenya to Zimbabwe via Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia on the cyclist’s equivalent of a Rolls Royce called Lear. Before long, she realized that for travelers who wish to remain stress-free, Africa is the wrong continent. Inevitably she was caught up in the harrowing problems of the peoples she met; the devastating effects of AIDS (ukimwi is Swahili for AIDS), drought and economic collapse; skepticism about Western “aid schemesâ€; and corruption and incompetence, both white and black.Country | USA |
Manufacturer | Overlook Books |
Binding | Paperback |
ReleaseDate | 1996-07-01 |
UnitCount | 1 |
EANs | 9780879516710 |