Where the Indus is Young
by Dervla Murphy | 
In Ethiopia with a Mule
by Dervla Murphy | 
Through Siberia by Accident
by Dervla Murphy |
Angry Wind
by Jeffrey Tayler |
North of South
by Shiva Naipaul |
Malaria Dreams
by Stuart Stevens |
Crazy River
by Richard Grant |
Africa Solo
by Kevin Kertscher | 
Dark Star Safari
by Paul Theroux | 
Bill Bryson's African Diary
by Bill Bryson |
To Timbuktu
by Mark Jenkins |
To the Moon and Timbuktu
by Nina Sovich | 
The Ultimate Kauai Guidebook: Kauai Revealed
by Andrew Doughty | 
Around the World in 60 Seconds
by Nuseir Yassin |
Traversa
by Fran Sandham | 
1,000 Places to See Before You Die
by Patricia Schultz | 
Unfathomable City
by Rebecca Solnit | 
Hillerman Country
by Tony Hillerman | 
The Old Patagonian Express
by Paul Theroux | 
The Lost Amazon
by Wade Davis |
The Ukimwi Road is the riveting account of renowned traveler Dervla Murphy's most intrepid journey yet - 3,000 miles by bicycle through the heart of sub-Saharan Africa, a region that has recently drawn the world's attention as an epicenter of the AIDS epidemic (ukimwi is Swahili for AIDS). Along her route - from Kenya through Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia to Zimbabwe - Dervla Murphy observed the harrowing problems of the people among whom she traveled. She witnessed the devastating effects of AIDS, drought and economic collapse on the land, as well as the skepticism of Africans about Western "development projects" and "aid schemes" which promise so much but deliver so little. She also discovered a wide range of reactions to AIDS, which has reached epidemic proportions in Africa, and which poses a new and mysterious threat to traditional family life.