Sendo to Baqê: “In the middle of the Nowhere”

Abstract

Much restored by the dip and the company of so many energetic young women, it would be possible to remain cheerful for a couple of more days until the nearly desperate food situation engendered a touch of glumness. The women had a few treats, such as chocolate and some dried fruit, in their bags to contribute to our meagre hoard of rations, but our total consumption was nowhere near enough to provide adequate energy for a long walk each day. Diane, Mike and I, the original trio, were becoming thinner; we two men, lean to begin with, were now almost gaunt.