A review by saydebug
Lands of Lost Borders: A Journey on the Silk Road by Kate Harris

5.0

There was so much in this book that I fell in love with. I connected so strongly with so much of what Kate Harris wrote about that it's hard knowing where to begin. Her discussions about knowing she wanted to become an explorer but not knowing how to do so in a modern age put emotions and feelings I have had for years into words. Her education and research were clear in her writing from the beginning and I loved being on this journey with her. From the emotional lows, which had me rethinking my own existence, to the highest peaks. I found additional connections in the fact that so much of her inspiration came from Alexandria David-Neel and cold glaciers of which I have lived near most of my life. I wanted to savor every page of this journey and reading this work has left me feeling both inspired and connected knowing there are other women in our modern world who long for a journey in and of itself without the need to find themself or anyone else.