What do You think about In Ethiopia With A Mule (1994)?
My second reading of this travelogue after a few years, and still 5 stars. Why? Maybe because it is a trip through Ethiopia a number of years ago that I would never ever attempt in a million years, by a very gutsy woman, who encounters royalty, poverty, thieves, hunger, insane trekking, ancient churches, and amazing scenery and comments on it all in her wry and funny way. She writes sympathetically about the Ethiopian culture, its various races, seems to truly connect with the people she meets along the way, despite not knowing the language at all at the beginning. And there's Jock, the wonderful mule, and his hilarious counterpoint, Satan, the mule who takes over when Jock can go no more (but Dervla still can! not sure how!)
—Agnes
