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Chelsey Franklin

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Cruelest Journey: Six Hundred Miles To Timbuktu - Rated Good

I had a little time in the afternoon a couple days ago so I headed to the library to pick up something to read and maybe a movie or two. I sauntered over to the travel section in the non-fiction section looking for something adventurous. I got what I was looking for! I picked this book up and flipped it open in the middle and read a little and was hooked. I love Kira Salak's style. This book is her journal (revised i'm sure) of a trip down the Niger river in a kayak, a woman, alone, in a muslim country where women don't even paddle a boat on the river, let alone travel 600 miles alone. I'm not finished with it yet, but I love every minute of it and will feel sad when she's done with her journey. She describes the reactions she gets from the isolated villages she encounters, as well as the self probing she does paddling solo down the river. Being alone like that, truly nothing for miles around and when you do encounter people it's just people. No cars, no motors, no electricity, no running water. Amazing. Anyway, like I said, I am really enjoying her style which is well expressed, intimate, and enlightening.

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