Eight Feet in the Andes: Travels with a Mule in Unknown Peru
The eight feet belong to Dervla Murphy, her nine-year-old daughter Rachel and Juana, an elegant mule, who together clambered the length of Peru, from Cajamarca near the border with Ecuador, to Cuzco, the ancient Inca capital, over 1,300 miles to the south. Travelling at high altitude and with only basic necessities, despite extreme discomfort and occasional danger, mother and daughter, a formidable duo, were unflagging in their sympathetic response to the perilous beauty and impoverished people of the Andes.
'One of the most joyous, positive and poetic voyages- physical, spiritual and environmental' Irish Independent
Paperback, 295 pages.
Author: Dervla Murphy
Published Date: 2003
