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In this book, which follows on from 2019's The Scottish Isles: Part 1, Mary Jane Walker explores the romantic Isle of Skye and the vast archipelago of the Outer Hebrides where turquoise waters lap over white beaches reminiscent of the tropics. It's not the sort of thing you expected at 58 degrees north, and there are plenty of extra surprises in this exotic western realm.

This short book, with photographs and links to blogs with more pictures, describes my adventures in Greenland, the great frozen but melting island east of Canada. Not all of Greenland is frozen, though, and some of it is green. I travel from the southern tip of the island, where conditions are fairly mild and where there used to be a Viking colony, to the frozen Ilulissat Icefjord north of the Arctic Circle, where I go dog-sledding before it m...

A Nomad in Nepal and the Lands Next Door updates Mary Jane's earlier book, A Maverick Himalayan Way. With links to blog posts containing colour photographs and videos, A Nomad in Nepal and the Lands Next Door describes Mary Jane's three trips, so far, to Nepal and the Himalayan region. A little over a decade ago, Mary Jane knew almost nothing about the region. Since then, she has learned a lot. Delving deeply into Himalayan history, A Nomad in...

I didn't know much about Lebanon before I went there. And am I glad I did! It's a little country with a big history, from the biblical cedar groves to bustling Beirut. Layers upon layers of history, from Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans to Crusaders, Saracens, Turks and French, have built up this country, which is also the world's second most densely populated outside Bangladesh (small city-states like Singapore excepted). Yet it also has plenty...

An account of a road trip around Iceland, a precariously habitable land in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, torn apart by volcanic forces and home to the Icelanders, descendents of Viking and Celtic colonists. Most people who arrive in Iceland do not venture far from the capital, Reykjavík, but Mary Jane travels right around the island (though there is still more to be seen, next time!) By the author of the award-winning Neglected North...

Kiwi adventurer Mary Jane Walker explored America by Amtrak Train, travelling one and a half times around the lower 48 states and stopping off in Hawai'i as well.The most memorable part of her trip was when she took the train to the Glacier, Grand Teton, Yosemite and Rocky Mountains National Parks before the snow hit. She nearly met a Grizzly Bear and now knows why Americans do not have to travel much worldwide, as they really do have it all i...

In this book, Mary Jane explores Egypt, a cradle of civilisation described by the ancient Greek historian Herodotus as the 'gift of the Nile'. Mary Jane put off going to Egypt for years before she finally went. She's glad she did: there's so much more to Egypt than the pyramids! In her own words: "This is my twelfth travel memoir, Eternal Egypt: My Encounter with an Ancient Land, published in January 2020. I had travelled around the amazing an...

First published in February 2021, The Sensational South Island is the companion volume to The Neglected North Island: New Zealand's other half, judged 'Best Antipodean Cultural Travel Book 2021' by Lux Life magazine, lux-review.com. Both books expand on and update A Maverick New Zealand Way, which was a finalist in Travel at the International Book Awards, 2018. Mary Jane was born in New Zealand and constantly finds more to explore in her nativ...

Judged 'Best Antipodean Cultural Travel Book 2021' by Lux Life magazine (luxreview.com), The Neglected North Island describes New Zealand's other main island: the North Island. The North Island of New Zealand is often overlooked in favour of the mountain scenery of the South Island. Yet it's in the North Island that most of New Zealand's Maori culture is to be found, as well as warm subtropical beauty and Polynesian volcanic landscapes not see...

BY THE AUTHOR OF A MAVERICK NEW ZEALAND WAY, FINALIST IN TRAVEL AT THE INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS, 2018.At twenty, Mary Jane left New Zealand for five years. A Maverick Traveller begins with an epic voyage on a Chinese junk named La Dame de Canton, and then goes on to describe her later adventures worldwide.Mary Jane travels with no real plans and decides where to go and what to see next when she gets there. She likes to explore the culture and...

BY THE AUTHOR OF A MAVERICK NEW ZEALAND WAY, FINALIST IN TRAVEL AT THE INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS, 2018.At twenty, Mary Jane left New Zealand for five years. A Maverick Traveller begins with an epic voyage on a Chinese junk named La Dame de Canton, and then goes on to describe her later adventures worldwide.Mary Jane travels with no real plans and decides where to go and what to see next when she gets there. She likes to explore the culture and...

This is a short book based on my visit to Cyprus, the island that copper's named after. A former British possession in the Mediterranean Sea, Cyprus is divided into Greek-dominated and Turkish-dominated regions with United Nations troops in between. A surprisingly large amount of the island remains under the Union Jack as well. Cyprus is the legendary birthplace of Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love and also famous since ancient times for its mi...

A travelogue including Iranian history and its influence in the region.

Una Viajera Disidente es una introducción a una serie de historias de viajes no convencionales por la autora de Nueva Zelanda Mary Jane Walker. La historia comienza con un relato de un viaje épico en un velero Chino, seguido por la vida temprana de Mary Jane en Nueva Zelanda y sus aventuras posteriores en todo el mundo. Mary Jane tiene cinco libros publicados y más están disponibles. Mary Jane primero experimentó el viaje del mundo de una mane...

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A Maverick Inuit Way and the Vikings is the seventh in a series of historically and politically-themed travel memoirs by Mary Jane Walker. It describes her travels in Greenland, Iceland, Scandinavia, Finland and the Orkneys, Shetlands and other formerly Norse islands of Scotland. Mary Jane reflects on the cities and wilderness regions, and on the emergence of a new Cold War on the eastern margins of the Baltic Sea.

Kiwi adventurer Mary Jane Walker had no particular intention of visiting the Himalayas, till one day some friends invited her on a cheap trekking trip. So began a deep engagement with the region and its peoples and a series of return trips. Mary Jane visits and treks Pakistan's north-west frontier, Kashmir, Dharamshala (the abode of the Dalai Lama), high Himalayan Nepal (the Annapurna, Manaslu and Everest regions), and Sikkim. She also explore...

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