I am now half way reading ‘Wheels on Wheels’ by Dervla Murphy, which is gripping and funny. It was quite curious (well I found it funny, but then I wasn’t a relative), when as a young child in Ireland, she had an unusual hobby of – collecting skeleton bones, as she wanted to be a surgeon. She is definitely not a dull cyclist! So I have today (ouch) bought another book by her, ‘Tibetan Foothold’ – she used to work in a Tibetan Refugee camp in India.
Here is the Synopis from Amazon:-
“In July 1963 Dervla Murphy arrived in a sweltering Delhi by bicycle. Deciding that the heat precluded further cycling until November, she worked in Tibetan refugee camps in Northern India. Using extracts from the diaries she kept at the time, Dervla describes the day-to-day life in the camps where hundreds of children are living in squalor while a handful of dedicated volunteers do their best to feed and care for them, attempting to keep disease at bay with limited resources. Quickly falling in love with the “Tiblets” – cheerful, uncomplaining, independent and affectionate children – she pitches in with a helping hand wherever it is needed (just about everywhere), and even finds time to meet the Dalai Lama and his entourage.”
