A Short Ride in the Jungle: The Ho Chi Minh Trail by Motorcycle
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The Ho Chi Minh Trail is one of the greatest feats of military engineering in history. But since the end of the Vietnam War much of this vast transport network has been reclaimed by jungle, while remaining sections are littered with a deadly legacy of unexploded bombs. For Antonia, a veteran of ridiculous adventures in unfeasible vehicles, the chance to explore the Trail before it’s lost forever was a personal challenge she couldn’t ignore – yet it would sometimes be a terrifying journey.
Setting out from Hanoi on an ageing Honda Cub, she spent the next two months riding 2,000 miles through the mountains and jungles of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Battling inhospitable terrain and multiple breakdowns, her experiences ranged from the touching to the hilarious, meeting former American fighter pilots, tribal chiefs, illegal loggers and bomb disposal experts.The story of her brave journey is thrilling and poignant: a unique insight into a little known face of Southeast Asia.
Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent
Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent is an established travel writer and public speaker with a particular love for embarking on difficult journeys through remote regions. Her previous books, Tuk-Tuk to the Road and A Short Ride in the Jungle were well received, and she has appeared on numerous radio and TV shows. She graduated from Edinburgh University with an MA in modern history, before crossing the Gobi Desert on a tuk-tuk and winning Cosmopolitan magazine’s Fun Fearless Female Award. She currently works as a BBC producer and, when not travelling or researching in the Royal Geographical Society archives, can be found in Bristol. Visit her at TheItinerant.co.uk.
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