Under a Himalayan Sky: A Story of Love, Loss and Learning to Live
I have read an early draft of this book and found it incredibly moving and beautiful
Lorna
How to Shit Around the World
Looking for a book on squat toilets, getting the runs, and getting the runs while using a rough squat toilet? Not the best mealtime read, but good preparation for what the road throws at you. There's a wealth of info on eating right, drinking right, the risks of seafood, and keeping the little ones healthy. The differentiating factor for this book though is it doesn't stop there. Where else can you get a whole chapter on toilet paper and the lack thereof, bathing in a stream, or what to do when it's that time of the month and you're on a mountain ascent?
Throughout the book there are short snippets from doctors, from aid workers, and from others with life experience combating nasty bugs and diseases. If you're a parent wanting to make sure your about-to-leave child knows how to keep healthy, or you're the type who likes to be ready for anything, this is a valuable book. Anyone about to go off on a long-term volunteer assignment in a rural environment should make room for it in the pack.
Tim Leffel, author (Nashville, TN US) posted on amazon.com
Lemurs of the Lost World
“the finest travel book thus far written about Madagascar”
Dervla Murphy in the Times Literary Supplement, London