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Heather Ellis

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Australia

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http://www.heather-ellis.com

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Genre

Memoir, Travel, Biography

Influences

Cheryl Strayed, Ted Simon, Robert Pirsig, Bob Ellis,
Carl Jung

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Heather Ellis is the author of two travel memoirs. Ubuntu: One Woman’s Motorcycle Odyssey Across Africa (Black Inc. 2016) and Timeless On The Silk Road: An Odyssey From London To Hanoi (Phonte 2019). Both books detail my motorcycle travels from 1993 to 1997. Ubuntu is is as much about Africa’s most remote, beautiful and dangerous places as it is about having the courage to do it alone. It is about a life-changing adventure into the soul of Africa where I find Ubuntu— a Bantu word meaning human interconnectedness (‘I am because we are’).
Timeless On The Silk Road is what happens as I ride my motorcycle across Central Asia after I am diagnosed with HIV in London. It is 1995, when death from AIDS is inevitable.
While both my memoirs cover the ...more

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It's been 25 years since you stepped onto the red earth of Africa, do you feel as though things have changed better or for worse now in Africa? also, your story was amazing!

Heather Ellis Hi Sierra, Thank you for contacting me. Glad you enjoyed Ubuntu. My last visit to Africa was to Zimbabwe in 2000. By all accounts, I don't think Afric…moreHi Sierra, Thank you for contacting me. Glad you enjoyed Ubuntu. My last visit to Africa was to Zimbabwe in 2000. By all accounts, I don't think Africa has changed in the remote areas and villages. Although, I read a good many people have mobile phones. The cities are booming and with this comes both prosperity and poverty for those who can't get jobs and away from their communities, have no support networks. In researching Ubuntu, I used google satellite maps to zoom in on some of the villages and townships I visited. I was very surprised to see how the size and therefore population had boomed over those 20+ years. The same with China in researching Timeless On The Silk Road. (less)

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Hello Heather, I just finished Ubuntu. One of those books I never wanted to end. What an amazing journey. I was wondering why you never wrote a book about the second part of your journey, going home to Australia? Hope you are well. Peter (A German living in New Zealand)

Heather Ellis Hi Peter, Thank you for contacting me. Glad you enjoyed Ubuntu. Means so much to receive comments such as yours. And apologies for my very late reply.…moreHi Peter, Thank you for contacting me. Glad you enjoyed Ubuntu. Means so much to receive comments such as yours. And apologies for my very late reply... 2 years. In these intervening years, I have written the second book Timeless On The Silk Road. It was released in April this year and is doing very well by all accounts. I'm not sure if book shops have it in NZ but you can order a signed copy from me for $30 via paypal (this includes postage). Or it is also on Amazon and all the other online sites. Readings have it too.
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	Ubuntu: One Woman's Motorcycle Odyssey Across Africa 4.22 avg rating — 628 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Timeless On The Silk Road: An Odyssey From London To Hanoi 4.41 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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I've just spent the weekend at the Emerging Writers Festival. An inspiring weekend. As well as making new writing friends and gaining lots of writing advice, the NUMBER ONE thing gained was just how to find those extra hours to write.

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“You know, the thing is, when you make that first move, it’s like something steps in beside you and helps you. It’s like all these chance encounters and coincidences start happening.”
― Heather Ellis, Ubuntu: One Woman's Motorcycle Odyssey Across Africa

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