Cloud Garden
by Tom Hart Dyke
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Author: Tom Hart DykeEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-03-03
ISBN: 0593050797
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Bantam Press
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Book Review: Perfect Travel Adventure
Summary: 5 Stars
This book fell into my possession while I was backpacking around South America, no less. It is, at the very least, a cautionary tale about the foolishness of attempting to cross the Darien Gap. As a middle class white male westerner I could relate to the boredom with conventional travel and recklessness which motivated the writers to try and cross the Gap. The book itself is an insight into a part of the world outside conventional view. It is a window into the life and experiences of Guerillas who own this strip of no-mans land.
I enjoyed the authors style and story, I loved Columbia on my visit and this book reminded me why - the natural beauty, the lawlessness, the adventure. Of course, the authors experience is overlayed with the sense of possible death which they live under. But it is treated with typical English gallows humour.
A great read.
Summary of Cloud Garden
An almost impregnable strip of jungle between North and South America, the Darien Gap has been ravaged by civil wars, drug trafficking and guerrilla groups. Enthusiastic botanist Tom Hart Dyke, and merchant banker and explorer Paul Winder set off in search of orchids and adventure.Panama Books
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