dervla murphy full tilt ireland to india with a bicycle

From snow to heat she experienced it all. Her journey was often very physically taxing and dangerous. She got frustrated, but stayed polite, when people mistook Ireland for part of the U.K. This soon after partition and the creation of Pakistan and India that might been a more common opinion–I’m not sure. Pakistani men often got her admiration, too. She was brave, resourceful and usually very canny about who to trust.ĭervla developed an affinity for the Afghani people–citing the men as “gentlemen” always. In other places threatening men made it quite an ordeal to be alone. In some countries it was completely against the culture for a woman to be alone. There were times out of politeness, sanity, or politics that she accepted rides or boarded a bus or train to get farther a long. The title tells it all–“ with” a bike, not necessarily “on” a bike. This, however, was not completely a bike journey. The Storyĭervla took off on her bike called Roz and headed to India. I had many strong, independent female relatives and love to travel so I knew this book would be a good fit for me. How interesting to see what the world was like 60 years ago outside of the USA or Europe. We bloggers live for comments.ĭervla’s journey took place in 1963–the year after I was born. Please be kind and visit their blogs and leave a comment. This year I was reminded of it by blogger Swirl and Thread. I learned of this book first from blogger Bookish Beck.

Dervla murphy full tilt ireland to india with a bicycle