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Lands of Lost Borders
by Kate Harris
It's hard for me to rate a memoir, but this one is a pretty good travel memoir.
The story is of the author who went to bike the Silk Road with her best friend, Mel. She had this dream of going to Mars and so academically was geared towards that goal. She was also enamored with the stories of Marco Polo and wanted to be an explorer like him. Interspersed among the road stories are ruminations about national borders, politics, economics, religion, and ecology. She showed us the challenges involved in crossing borders and of traveling as a female in these foreign lands. Through the people they met, we also get a glimpse into how life is for ordinary folks in these countries.
The story is of the author who went to bike the Silk Road with her best friend, Mel. She had this dream of going to Mars and so academically was geared towards that goal. She was also enamored with the stories of Marco Polo and wanted to be an explorer like him. Interspersed among the road stories are ruminations about national borders, politics, economics, religion, and ecology. She showed us the challenges involved in crossing borders and of traveling as a female in these foreign lands. Through the people they met, we also get a glimpse into how life is for ordinary folks in these countries.