![]() ![]() Most of the book concerns the high mountain country of Afghanistan and Pakistan.A spirited account."-Library Journal. Full Tilt tells the story of Dervla Murphys 1963 journey from Ireland to India on an Armstrong Cadet bicycle, and the trials, landscapes and cultures she. Full Tilt - Ireland to India With a Bicycle (English, Paperback, Murphy Dervla) Language: English Binding: Paperback Publisher: Speaking Tiger Publishing. This travelogue relies on her letters and. She endured bad accommodations but reaped much local hospitality, too, including a dinner with the Pakistani president. Dervla Murphy honestly gives an account of her incredible journey, travelling from. ![]() ![]() She carried a pistol, got sunstroke, and suffered the usual stomach disorders. Her route was through Yugoslavia, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and ended in New Delhi. ![]() "This book recounts a trip, taken mostly on bicycle, by a gritty Irishwoman in 1963. Venturing aloneaccompanied only by her bicycle, which she dubs Rozthe indomitable Murphy not only survives daunting physical rigors but gleans considerable enjoyment in getting to know peoples who were then even more remote than they are now.-Publishers Weekly. Murphy's immediate rapport with the people she alights among is vibrant and appealing and makes her travelogue unique. Originally published in 1965, it is the diary of her bicycle trek from Dunkirk, across Europe, through Iran and Afghanistan, over the Himalayas to Pakistan and India. ![]()
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