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Theodora Sutcliffe's avatar

I am very, very bad at reading travel books, but Dervla Murphy and Jan Morris are two highly regarded female travel writers.

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Stuart McDonald's avatar

Thanks. I saw a kinda editorial piece by Murphy maybe a year back which **really** put me off anything else she had ever written. Will look up Morris. Title tips welcome!

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Ruth's avatar

Because I am holed up in Mexico escaping the pandemic, I picked up Mary Morris's Nothing to Declare: Memoirs of a Woman Traveling Alone. In the 1970s she traveled through Mexico and Central America by herself, some trips I wouldn't even do today. Personal development, interesting characters, lyrical descriptions and a touch of magical realism; I enjoyed it thoroughly and will read her other books.

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