Naomi's review
From Heaven Lake: Travels Through Sinkiang and Tibet
by Vikram Seth
Naomi's review
From Heaven Lake: Travels Through Sinkiang and Tibet by Vikram Seth
Naomi's review
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recommended for: People travelling to Xinjiang/Tibet
This is the first in the long list of travel accounts that I want to read before heading off on my trip. I enjoyed Vikram Seth's 'A Suitable Boy' and fully expected to enjoy this account of his travels through Xinjiang and Tibet in the early 1980s. His account was fairly dry in places but it was interspersed with delightful humour and interesting insights. I especially enjoyed Seth's description of the people he met and the warmth and hospitality he received on his journey. He does spend an inordinate amount of time on mundane aspects of his journey: his dietry habits, where he slept and trucks breaking down etc but it provides an interesting insight into the difficulties he and those living in Xinjiang and Tibet faced on a day to day basis.
