Eight feet in the Andes

Dervla Murphy

Published by Century, softcover

The eight feet of the title belong to Dervla Murphy, her nine-year-old daughter Rachel and a pampered but accident-prone mule called Juana who travelled some 1,300 miles through the Andes to the ancient Inca capital of Cuzco, taking with them only the Barest necessities. It is a journey marked by terrible weather, shortage of food, the tormenting attentions of
Andean fleas, and even the theft of Juana. It is enlivened by startling encounters and dominated by the challenging grandeur of the Andes.