One Foot in Laos
Laos, caught in the middle of the Vietnam War, is one of the most heavily bombed countries in world history. It's where Dervla Murphy's 'inner-click' sends her in 1997, when the country had just opened its borders to the West. Her three-month trek is threatened by torn ligaments in her foot, but she makes no concessions to injury as she limps down drug-baron's trails and careers through gorges on a bike without brakes. She discovers Laos to be rich in ritual and culture, with a precious eco-system and a wealth of subsistence farming, and a people who are both kind and gentle. Yet the persistent problems bequeathed by the country's recent past…
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- ISBN: 978-1-78060-117-5
- EAN: 9781780601175
- Produktnummer: 22307923
- Verlag: Eland Publishing
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 312 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 725 KB
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