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Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle by Dervla Murphy

4.0

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Let's just hop on a bike and cycle from Ireland to India, shall we? Murphy can be best described as nonchalant as she faces black ice, illness, fractured ribs, near starvation, and more. But she also waxes rhapsodic about the landscapes and people she meets, particularly in Afghanistan (where I would love to go but likely never will). She and her bike, Roz (for Don Quixote's horse Rozinante) are the closest of companions for an unforgettable journey. A very frank recounting of her adventures, unaldulterated by second thoughts, as far as I can tell. Refreshing and astonishing.