Madam, Have You Ever Really Been Happy?: An Intimate Journey through Africa and Asia

Explore Africa and Asia's exotic and humble locales with Meg Peterson as she sets out to circle the globe carrying nothing more than a backpack. Unfettered by deadlines and armed with an open ticket and a camera, she takes off, making plans as she goes. She rides on dilapidated buses through Egypt and Zimbabwe and squeezes into hot, crowded trains in India. She views a sunrise from the summit of Mt. Moses in the Sinai and a private cremation on the banks of the Ganges. In Kenya Meg encounters roadblocks and Masai warriors, and in Nepal she finds romance with an Austrian scientist. Abandoned at 14,000 ft. by their drunken guide, the two climb to Everest Base Camp through the snow, traversing the Khumba Glacier and struggling up Kala Pattar (18,500 ft.) to gaze on Everest, Nuptse, and Lhotse. Full of rich and unusual details, Meg Peterson's book takes you into the heart of her journey, an adventure that changed her understanding of herself and the world.

Author: Meg Noble Peterson
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 05/31/2005
Pages: 436
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.02h x 6.00w x 1.05d
ISBN13: 9780595346011
ISBN10: 0595346014
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Biography & Autobiography | Adventurers & Explorers
- Biography & Autobiography | Women

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