At thirty-four, Polly Evans fulfills her childhood dream of learning to ride a horse by traveling to Argentina to ride with gauchos. This story chronicles her transformation from a timid beginner to an adventurous cowgirl.
In the depths of winter, Polly Evans travels to the Yukon Territory, facing extreme cold and limited daylight. Her goal is to learn sled dog driving, leading her to develop a fondness for the playful huskies that guide her through the snowy landscapes.
After working four years at a leading London book publisher, Polly Evans moved to Hong Kong where she spent many happy hours as a senior editor on the city's biggest entertainment weekly. But fighting deadlines from a twizzly office chair and free use of the coffee machine seemed just too easy. So Polly exchanged the shiny red cabs of Hong Kong for a more demanding form of transport - a bicycle - and set off on a voyage of discovery around Spain. From the thigh-burning ascents of the Pyrenees to the relentless olive groves of Andalusia, Polly found more adventures that she had bargained for. She survived a nail-biting encounter with a sprightly pig, escaped two over-zealous suitors, learnt that taxi drivers are allergic to cyclists, had her morality questioned by the locals, encountered some dubious aficionados on the road and indulged her love of regional cooking. While she pedalled, Polly pondered some of the more lurid details of Spanish history - the king who collected pickled heads, the queen who toured the country with her husband's mouldering corpse, and the unfortunate duchess who lost her feet. And wherever she cycled, she ate and ate - and yet still she shrank out of her trousers.
When she learnt that the Chinese had built enough new roads to circle the equator sixteen times, Polly Evans decided to go and witness for herself the way this vast nation was hurtling into the technological age. But on arriving in China she found the building work wasn't quite finished
At the age of thirty-four, Polly Evans finally fulfilled a childhood dream - to learn how to ride a horse.
Northern Lights Travel Guide - Holiday and travel advice about where and when to see the aurora borealis, covering Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Greenland, Canada, Alaska. Also includes photographing the Northern Lights, what to wear, forecasting Northern Lights, the science of the aurora, and tour operators offering Northern Lights packages.
Northern Lights Travel Guide. Holiday and travel advice about where and when to see the aurora borealis, covering Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Greenland, Canada, Alaska. Also includes: accommodation options; tour operators offering packages; what to wear; how to travel; aurora photography, forecasting and science; and daytime activities.
The northern lights are one of the major tourist draws of the Arctic and sub-Arctic winter. This book covers information on everything from how to photograph the aurora, to what to wear, to how the forecast works. It offers advice on the best European countries in which to see them, and why.
Der 'weibliche Bill Bryson' ist wieder da! Als Polly Evans zufällig erfährt, dass die Chinesen ein Straßennetz haben, das 16-mal um den Äquator reichen würde, macht sie sich spontan auf, dieses zu testen. Eingequetscht zwischen buddhistischen Mönchen und gackernden Hühnern, reist sie über holprige Straßen durch das riesige Land. Und kommt dabei auch einer Lösung des größten Rätsels der Menschheit näher: Wie nur isst man Reis mit Stäbchen.? * Ein witzig-faszinierender Bericht über eine ganz andere Seite Chinas und seiner Menschen! * Pflichtlektüre für jeden, der gerne reist - oder reisen würde: Frech, lebendig und sehr informativ!
Eine Frau, ein Motorrad – und die nettesten Kerle der Welt! Ein Aufschrei verstört die Frauen dieser Welt: Die echten Kiwi-Kerle sterben aus! Grund genug für die junge britische Reisejournalistin Polly Evans, in Neuseeland nach jenen letzten Exemplaren zu suchen, für die Motorenöl noch als Männerduft gilt und die jeden Traktor mit drei Drähten und einer Galone sterilisiertem Schafsdung zum Fahren bringen. Ausgerüstet mit einem Motorrad und einer engen schwarzen Lederkluft – was gibt’s Besseres, um scheue Männer ans Licht zu locken? –, umrundete Polly Neuseeland. Und kam zu völlig neuen, höchst komischen und sehr informativen Erkenntnissen über das Land am Ende der Welt und den – sehr netten! – Neuseeländer… Ein witzig-faszinierender Reisebericht über das Traumziel Neuseeland!
