Blue Sky Kingdom | Bruce Kirkby

May 04, 2021 00:22:05
Blue Sky Kingdom | Bruce Kirkby
Postcards From The Road
Blue Sky Kingdom | Bruce Kirkby

May 04 2021 | 00:22:05

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Show Notes

Traversing Iceland by foot, Mongolia by horseback, Arabia by camel and the Blue Nile Gorge by raft; Bruce Kirby’s journeys span 80 countries around the world. In his new book “Blue Sky Kingdom,” we follow Kirkby and his family as they hop on a freighter and make a remarkable three-month journey from Canada to the Himalayas. We asked the writer, photographer, and now author what prompted his adventure halfway around the globe.

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