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BENEDICT ALLEN, author of THE FABER BOOK OF EXPLORATION
‘Kira Salak is the real thing...There should be more like her in the world'
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EDWARD MARRIOTT, author of THE LOST TRIBE
'A travel book that transcends the genre...A resonant interior journey that offers wisdom for our times’
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Format:Paperback
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book it was sensitive, fast pace and thrilling. The author took risks but this is what travelling is about. It is dangerous. I thought the author was very brave but also this was about her finding herself as well as about a great adventure from the South of Papua New Guinea to the North. What I particularly enjoyed about this book was that she was not expecting others to make this journey, she tells us quite clearly that "she is out of her mind". She also explains her background and what has brought her to keep putting her life at terrible risk, until she almost plays a game with fate. There are a couple of moments in the book that blow your mind, I won't mention them all because I will ruin it for you. I really enjoyed it where she explained that the PNG tribes like to carve their canoes which may take a couple of days, but then they spend twice as long again on carving a crocodile's head on the bow. This is because they believe that items should be made for not only for practical use but for aesthetic beauty because then, and only then, will you respect it. Indonesia occuplies PNG and she meets up with the head of a separatist guerrilla movement who is hoping she can help. It really makes you think about the modernisation of the world and whether we are going in the right direction. The way Australia takes copper and gold out of their country and the way which the Japanese and US embassadors visit the tribes but don't actually do anything - but just leave a flag. A great, great read.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Fascinating and thoroughly entertaining account of travel in Papua New Guinea. Very well written. One of the best travel books ive read.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the most exciting travel memoir I've ever read. Kira Salak is brave, funny, insightful and you never know how she's going to get herself out of her latest dangerous situation. Real edge of the seat stuff, and moving too.
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A fantastic thrilling read
This is the most exciting travel memoir I've ever read. Kira Salak is brave, funny, insightful and you never know how she's going to get herself out of her latest dangerous... Read more
Published on 28 Jan 2004 by lucy reeves
Poor travel book. Recklessness doesn't equal adventure.
It is a shame, this could have been a more inspiring book about travel or just a good adventure story anyway, but what we get is someone throwing themselves foolhardily from one... Read more
Published on 12 July 2003
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