Through Siberia by Accident
Through Siberia by Accident Through Siberia by Accident is a book about a journey that didn't happen - and what happened instead. Instead she had planned to go to Ussuriland, because it appealed to…
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Through Siberia by Accident
Through Siberia by Accident is a book about a journey that didn't happen - and what happened instead. Instead she had planned to go to Ussuriland, because it appealed to her as a place free from tourism. Dervla Murphy never had any intention of spending three months in the vast territories of Siberia.
Although hardly able to walk, her subsequent experiences, in an unexpected place, and in an incapacitated state, provided many pleasant surprises. But by accident, or rather because she had an accident - a painful leg injury -, she found herself stymied in Eastern Siberia, a place she knew very little about. Above all she was struck by the extraordinary hospitality, generosity and helpfulness of the Siberians who made this strange phenomenon - a maimed Irish babushka - so welcome in their towns and homes.
This book is an extraordinary story of fortitude and resourcefulness as Dervla Murphy