Download or read book One Foot in Laos written by Dervla Murphy and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When renowned travel writer Dervla Murphy went to Laos in 1997, she discovered a country that, in 1990, and after fifteen years of isolation, had only just opened its borders to the West. What started as a simple journey on foot through the high mountains, however, soon developed complications, and then Murphy injured her foot, purchased a bicycle, endured further complications, and ...