A Trip to the Light Fantastic

The author of this book spent a year travelling round Mexico with a circus - big top, clowns, elephants and all. She and her husband, photographer Tom Owen-Edmunds, lived with the circus - riding the elephants and playing clowns as part of the show. This book describes her experiences.

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The author of this book spent a year travelling round Mexico with a circus - big top, clowns, elephants and all. She and her husband, photographer Tom Owen-Edmunds, lived with the circus - riding the elephants and playing clowns as part of the show. Further afield they tracked down the remains of ancient Mayan civilizations and hunted down the last, dying members of Pancho Villa's famous outlaw army. This travel book records the sights seen on their travels as well as featuring the people and characters of the circus and those they met en-route. By the author of "Dreams of the Peaceful Dragon" and "The Quetzal Summer".