Llamas & Empanadas: 5000 Kilometres by Bicycle Through South America

by Eleanor Meecham

Genres: Travel

262 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[SadieKate · Rating 4 out of 5]

Better than average memoires of a cycling trip. Meecham has the independence and tenacity we all wish for.

[Sarah-Anne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really enjoyed reading about places I have travelled through & imagining how it would be on a bike ! Don't think I could go without showers or protein the way the author did though .

[Ian Hodkinson · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a gutsy young lady (well 29 or so). Follow her cycling adventures down to Tierra del Fuego and back up to Cerro Rico in Bolivia. A tale of dogged fortitude and persistence, staggering really. I'm lost for words. How the hell she did this I'll never know.

[Matthew · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eleanor is an entertaining writer who uses lots of flowery language in her account of her bike trip. I personally was hoping for more practical information, since I am currently biking in the same part of the world that she did.

[Janet · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book having travelled in this part of the world myself. I admire any women who can even contemplate biking their alone let alone actually doing it. It was very well written, bringing the region to life, and had a good pace to it also.

[Ciaran · Rating 1 out of 5]

I really didn't like this book.

[Christine Mac · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book - especially because I had travelled some of the same route by bicycle in 2005 so I was able to revisit my memories along the way.