From March 2004 to December 2005, Caroline Riegel journeyed across Asia, from Lake Baïkal, in Siberia to Bangkok. An odyssey through lands where people’s lives are subjected to waters’whims. As a specialist in hydraulic constructions, she planned her itinerary to allow herself all the time it would take to understand the ties that bind humanity to this element.

In this two-volume narrative – the second is coming next May – we follow her through the taiga, over the vast Baikal with the fishermen, and across part of the Gobi desert in Mongolia, on horse back, on foot and then with a camel. With cheerful self-confidence, this young women allowed her journey to have a very different rhythm from those of many contemporary adventurers : Caroline Riegel took the time to stop, contemplate and make friends… and even wound up wintering with a group of Budhist nuns !

A travel journey in a similar vein to Bernard Ollivier’s Long March.
An exceptional adventure for an exceptional young woman.