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I was swamped with other books to read, so did not read each page. However, I highly recommend the beginnings chapters filled with delightful prose! Reminds me a bit of AA Milne with mention of
"Received Good Advice from Responsible Persons" (p. 42), both the noun of that received and the noun of the collective givers of it deserve the capitalization, which underlies a wry sense of humor that pervades her style. To think of traveling solo, as a woman, IN JANUARY of all seasons, in 1963 all that distance takes enormous gusto and determination. "I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move, to feel the hitches of our life more nearly� to come down off the feather-bed civilization and find the globe, granite underfoot and strewn with cutting flints." --
In her kit, beside the spare pair of scratchy woolen ankle-length underpants, a viyella shirt and a few other things, a copy of William Blake poems. List of expenditures from 14 Jan. to 8 July 1963: 64 pounds 7 pence. The description of travel from Dunkirk to Zagreb took only a few pages, but does include mention of 6 foot icicles crashing down, and status change from "traveler" to demoralized fugitive from the weather. In Afghanistan, she waxes lyrical, with mention of "numble sparkling fountains, with richly scented shrubs about her, the mountains jagged against the royal blue sky, and the air like silk as a little breeze moves among the birch trees. The description of camels and traffic is comical. Insights on the giving of alms; deception by police and sordid attempts of rape are also included in the beginning as well as the passing comment that "gunshots in wee hours are not regarded as signs of emergency". An eye opening book. Grateful to know about it!