Hot Flashes from Abroad 2 Ed: Women's Travel Tales and Adventures

by Jean Gould (Editor)

Helen Thayer went to the North Pole on skis, accompanied only by her dog Charlie. Alexandra David-Neel was the first European woman to enter the forbidden Tibetan city of Lhasa. At the time of their treks, they were both over 50. Their stories, and 25 others, offer vivid proof that one’s sense of adventure need not be hindered by age.

Genres: Travel, Womens

320 pages, Paperback

First published April 9, 2001

Reviews

[Tara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not strictly travel essays; the editor took a capacious view of "adventures", but most of the essays are still quite interesting and some quite poignant.

[Alessandra]

I have this because my grandmother, Eirene Furness, wrote one of the essays, "On Assignment in the Sahara." She was an Englishwoman journalist in Algeria from before I was born. This is, so far as I know, the only of her writing that has been published in a book.

Most of the essays in this book are fascinating reading, although for obvious and rather emotional reasons I focus on hers. There are a lot of remarkable women here.

[Danni · Rating 4 out of 5]

I often had to remind myself while reading that these were middle-aged or older women on these grand adventures. Very inspiring! I loved the stories that ever-so-briefly reflected on some kind of loss in their lives and how those losses moved them to embrace life. I will remember to stay off of camels though, lol. Angela laughed at me when at one point I stopped reading to fan myself with the book :)

[Deb · Rating 4 out of 5]

non-fiction. Stories about travels around the world by older women hence the title! U know that this book would jump off the shelf into my hands! Very inspiring.