Riding With Ghosts

Riding with Ghosts is Gwen Maka’s adventurous 7,500 miles journey cycling across western America, from Seattle to Mexico and beyond, from the American West’s deserts and vanished Indian trails to the snowy peaks of the Rocky Mountains, Mexico’s Baja coast and to Central America.

With a nicely balanced mix of beautiful descriptions and entertaining narrative, the author candidly but humorously shares the challenges and setbacks of the trip, while vividly picturing the astonishing landscape, and poignantly recalling the haunting West’s pioneering past and the people who shaped its history.

This is a beautifully written account of a true adventurous and spontaneous woman cycling solo, whose passion for the history and the land she rides across transpires throughout the pages, making this book a marvellous and rich read.