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A Short Ride in the Jungle: The Ho Chi Minh Trail by Motorcycle

Written by: Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent
Narrated by: Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent
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For the first time in my life I felt that death was a possibility; a stupid, pointless, lonely death on the aptly named Mondulkiri Death Highway.

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, the chance to explore the Trail before it was lost forever was a personal challenge she couldn’t ignore - yet at times it would be a terrifying journey.

Setting out from Hanoi on an ageing Honda Cub, she spent two months riding 2000 miles through the mountains and jungles of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Battling inhospitable terrain and multiple breakdowns, she met former American fighter pilots, tribal chiefs, illegal loggers, and bomb disposal experts.

A thrilling, poignant tale of war, bravery and learning to face your fears.
©2014 Summersdale Publishers LTD (P)2020 Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent
Biographies & Memoirs Adventure Travel Travel Writing & Commentary Motorcycle Travel
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"I enormously enjoyed every page." (Dervla Murphy)
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  • 2022-02-20

fantastic story

great story, makes me want to rent a motorcycle and slowly drive through the jungle. if you have any sort of wanderlust, this is the book for you...or not because then you might act on it! Read at your own risk, or pleasure.

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Travel Writing at its Finest

Antonia ticks all the boxes with this fantastic travel narrative. There's wonderful description, adventure, danger, humour, history. But what makes travel literature shine, in my opinion, is when the author uses a journey to explore deeper meaning - and Antonia does exactly that. She uses the motorcycle (in this case a beat-up Honda Cub, sprayed pink, by the way) as a vehicle to carry herself, and the reader (listener) into a physical and metaphorical jungle - a jungle with the hidden scourge of unexploded bombs left over from ill-fated wars. I highly recommend this book.

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