与 我们通常印象中说到法国美女就想到优雅不同, Madame Alexandra David–Neel 因其探险而著名。“My Journey to Lhasa” 记述了她1923-24年进入拉萨的过程。那时西藏在英国人的控制下,不对其他外国人开放。她是第一个进入拉萨的外国女人, 当时56岁。
下面转一个amazon对这本书的介绍:
In order to penetrate Tibet and reach Lhasa, she used her fluency of Tibetan dialects and culture, disguised herself as a beggar with yak hair extensions and inked skin and tackled some of the roughest terrain and climate in the World. With the help of her young companion, Yongden, she willingly suffered the primitive travel conditions, frequent outbreaks of disease, the ever–present danger of border control and the military to reach her goal.
The determination and sheer physical fortitude it took for this woman, delicately reared in Paris and Brussels, is inspiration for men and women alike.
David–Neel is famous for being the first Western woman to have been received by any Dalai Lama and as a passionate scholar and explorer of Asia, hers is one of the most remarkable of all travellers?ales.
爱马仕在2009 the "Year of Travel", 发行了一条丝巾, 纪念Madame Alexandra David–Neel。叫做 la femme aux semelles de vent - Women with soles of wind. 前些时候我在ebay上找,终因价格太高而放弃。现在过了这个劲,没有拥有也罢。喜爱仍然不变。
下面都是网上找的图片(特别注明最后一张不是我。)
丝巾采用了藏文的字体