5 Books By Women You Must Read For Deeper Travel Inspiration

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A Field Guide To Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit

You can think of this as a guide to how we should travel, and view the world. An activist, historian, feminist, and writer-philosopher, Solnit explores tales of travels and stories we use to navigate our way through the world, and the places we traverse, from wilderness to cities, in finding ourselves, or losing ourselves. She muses upon the concept of “getting lost”, embarking on a journey with no fixed destination, wandering through places open to stumbling on discoveries, that are never put down in guidebooks. She meanders through subjects, linking them all in an unifying thread. It is like a reflection on the interconnectedness of things. And the perfect book to read before, during, or after an immersive journey.

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Empires of the Indus by Alice Albinia

From Karachi to Tibet, Alice Albinia journeys along one of the oldest and largest rivers in the world, the Indus, to experience the people, history, and cultures along the route. This is a river that has fostered civilisations and religions, including Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, and Buddhism. She travels through the 2,000 miles it flows through, exploring geographic and cultural landmarks of eastern Afghanistan, Pakistan, northwestern India, and the Tibetan plateau. Her narrative links the past and present, as she navigates borders in four different countries.

Flaneuse by Lauren Elkin

A writer, translator, professor, traveler, and urban wanderer, Elkin has written about women walking, exploring their cities and the world. If the word flâneur conjures up visions of Baudelaire, boulevards and bohemia – then what exactly is a flâneuse?

In this book, Elkin defines her as ‘a determined resourceful woman keenly attuned to the creative potential of the city, and the liberating possibilities of a good walk’. Part cultural meander, part memoir, Flâneuse traces the relationship between the city and creativity through a journey that begins in New York and moves us to Paris, via Venice, Tokyo and London, exploring along the way the paths taken by the flâneuses who have lived and walked in those cities.바카라 웹사이트

To the Lake by Kapka Kassabova바카라 웹사이트

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Shadow City: A Woman Walks Kabul by Taran Khan

Most people view Kabul, and Afghanistan, through the lens of conflict and war. Khan paints a lyrical, personal, and meditative portrait of the city through its bookstores, cinemas, the glittery wedding halls, its graveyards and poppy palaces. A woman walking around post-Taliban Kabul isn’t something you come by every day. And yet, Khan did it daily, and for years. The stories start from 2006, when she first arrived in Kabul, five years after the Taliban regime was overthrown. And end in 2013, when she returned to India.바카라 웹사이트Read our review바카라 웹사이트here.바카라 웹사이트