Madam Have You Ever Really Been Happy?

Explore Africa and Asia's exotic and humble locales with Meg Peterson as she sets out to circle the globe carrying nothing more than a backpack. Unfettered by deadlines and armed with an open ticket and a camera she takes off making plans as she goes. She rides on dilapidated buses through Egypt and Zimbabwe and squeezes into hot crowded trains in India. She views a sunrise from the summit of Mt. Moses in the Sinai and a private cremation on the banks of the Ganges.</p>In Kenya Meg encounters roadblocks and Masai warriors and in Nepal she finds romance with an Austrian scientist. Abandoned at 14000 ft. by their drunken guide the two climb to Everest Base Camp through the snow traversing the Khumba Glacier and struggling up Kala Pattar (18500 ft.) to gaze on Everest Nuptse and Lhotse.</p>Full of rich and unusual details Meg Peterson's book takes you into the heart of her journey an adventure that changed her understanding of herself and the world.</p>