One Foot In Laos eBook

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 are not yet behind them.