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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     McCahill, Kate, 1984- author.     Subjects     McCahill, Kate, 1984- -- Travel -- Latin America.     Women -- Travel -- Latin America.     Americans -- Travel -- Latin America.     Travel -- Psychological aspects.     Solitude.     Self-actualization (Psychology)     Latin America -- Description and travel.     Latin America -- History, Local.     Latin America -- Social life and customs.     Browse Catalog     by author:      McCahill, Kate, 1984- author.       by title:      Patagonian road : a ...         MARC Display

Patagonian road : a year alone through Latin America / Kate McCahill. by McCahill, Kate, 1984- author. Santa Fe, NM : SFWP, 2017. Subjects McCahill, Kate, 1984- -- Travel -- Latin America.   Women -- Travel -- Latin America.   Americans -- Travel -- Latin America.   Travel -- Psychological aspects.   Solitude.   Self-actualization (Psychology)   Latin America -- Description and travel.   Latin America -- History, Local.   Latin America -- Social life and customs. ISBN:  9781939650542 (paperback) : 1939650542 (paperback) Description:  341 pages ; map ; 22 cm Contents:  PROLOGUE -- PART 1: WINTER -- Guatemala City, Guatemala -- Xela, Guatemala -- Antigua, Guatemala -- Monterrico, Guatemala -- Uspantán, Guatemala -- Santa Ana, El Salvador -- San Salvador, El Salvador -- The Road -- Granada, Nicaragua -- Little Corn Island, Nicaragua -- PART 2: SPRING -- Quito, Ecuador -- Santa Fe, New Mexico -- The Road -- Otavalo, Ecuador -- Baños, Ecuador -- Cuenca, Ecuador -- Vilcabamba, Ecuador -- Lima, Peru -- Huancayo, Peru -- Ayacucho, Peru -- The Road -- Cusco, Peru -- PART 3: SUMMER -- Machu Picchu -- Puno, Peru -- Copacabana, Bolivia -- La Paz, Bolivia -- Sucre, Bolivia -- Potosí, Bolivia -- Tupiza, Bolivia -- The Road -- PART 4: FALL -- Buenos Aires, Argentina -- The Road -- Buenos Aires, Argentina. Requests:  0 Summary:  "Spanning four seasons, ten countries, three teaching jobs, and countless buses, Patagonian Road : A Year Alone Through Latin America chronicles Kate McCahill's solo journey from Guatemala to Argentina. In her struggles with language, romance, culture, service, and homesickness, she personifies a growing culture of women for whom travel is not a path to love but a route to meaningful work, rare inspiration, and profound self-discovery. Following the route Paul Theroux outlined in his 1979 travelogue, The Old Patagonian Express, McCahill transports the reader from a classroom in a rugged Quito barrio to a dingy rented room in an El Salvadorian brothel, and from the storied neighborhoods of Buenos Aires to the heights the Peruvian Andes. A testament to courage, solitude, and the rewards of taking risks, Patagonian Road proves that discovery, clarity, and simplicity remain possible in the 21st century, and that travel holds an enduring capacity to transform"--Provided by publisher.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Aina Haina Public Library Adult Nonfiction 918.04 Mc Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 918.04 Mc Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 918.04 McCahill Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kihei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 918.04 Mc Checked In Add Copy to MyList Koloa P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 918.04 Mc Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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