The writer is immersed in sensory awareness of the natural world, and his memories are vivid with textures, sounds and sights which give the reader access to them. Each recollection is brief but intense and impressionistic in its dynamic impact. The power of the contrasts given to us in his travels resonates with the awareness he has of the complexity of human experience. These are insights and glimpses which activate the reader’s own memories and curiosities about the whole adventure of journeying through deeply felt landscapes — Dr Devika Brandon