焦明

我幾年前聽焦明講戈壁之行﹐當時就很佩服她的勇氣和毅力。這次看了她的書﹐更有

了深一層的體會。看了她描寫的地方﹑景色﹐我也想去。她在那些地方保護自然環

境的工作﹐我也想參與。更重要的是﹐我希望能和焦明一樣：做自己想做的事。我

推薦這本書給有理想﹑愛好大自然的年青朋友們。

「大步走天下」，豪爽的書名與作者的個性很相似‧這本書不是一般的遊記，因為作者足踏之地非尋常人去處，沒有果斷、堅毅、不屈不撓的精神是無法達成的‧行程中冒險犯難、多彩多姿、甚至與死神相交，諸此種種使本書成為不可多得的好書，千萬不可錯過！

朋友從台灣帶了本<大步走天下>﹐未看先驚﹐真是本漂亮的書﹗印刷漂亮﹐圖片漂亮﹐文字漂亮﹗一夜未眠﹐不忍釋手。

As I was reading this chapter, I felt like I was there taking a personal trip to Iceland with the author. It was as if I were there experiencing the scenery, the local life style, conditions and customs. The way the author describes her journies and emotions is so touching and smooth -- I can feel her joy, her pain and her sorrow. 



This chapter is not only beautiful and touching, but thought provolking. I can relate to the author’s thinking. I like this book. This is much more than a travel book. I would recommend it to my friends and family.

信不信﹐我跟<大步走天下>的作者焦明一起旅行過。我保證﹐她是我見過最奇特的人之一。除了酷愛探險式的旅行﹐有幾年她還是自耕農﹐(我吃過她源源不斷的蔬菜瓜果) 。她做陶藝﹐(我家客廳還擺有幾個)。她做衣服﹐她唱歌﹐也彈些樂器。她喜歡燒菜﹐做各式糕點。她攝影﹐她閱讀﹐她寫文章。她上電腦自設網站﹐﹑﹑﹑﹑﹑總之﹐好像日光之下的事﹐她沒有一樣不感興趣。

跟她旅行﹐她會蒐集資料﹐安排行程﹐準備大批吃食﹐甚至包辦開車﹐(因無人會開手排檔)。但是﹐如果你以為只要睜大眼睛跟著走﹐就皆大歡喜﹐萬事OK 的話﹐那你准還沒看過她的新書  ﹗

<大步走天下>高潮迭起﹐驚險處處。一書在握﹐如同登山之巔﹐至地之極 ﹗全書句句真實﹐扣人心弦。焦明﹐讓人不得不折服﹗

我訂購了八本<大步走天下>﹐準備當做聖誕禮物贈送給親朋好友。焦明的文章﹐我篇篇都喜歡。我相信他們一定跟我一樣﹐會喜歡這本書。

我十分驚奇是個怎樣的女子迢迢萬里路去登山﹐涉海﹐挑重﹐為的是挑戰好奇﹖探索世界之秘﹖若無剛健之軀﹐不撓之志﹐這個美夢恐難實現。



作者用細膩的心﹐生動的筆﹐詳盡記載了所接觸的一花一木﹐一人一事。這些一般人不易涉足的世界﹐不僅帶給她無比的驚喜﹐更激發她心靈深處的情感。



此書感性中不失理性﹐使人不知不覺中嚮往那天涯海角的蹤跡。還有那些身歷其境的照片﹐更像一扇扇知識之窗﹐領你與書中女子一同透視地球的奧秘。

作者焦明的旅遊及小品文散見報章雜誌﹐清新可喜﹐雅俗共賞。其文除了見解獨到﹐同時反映出作者個人的特殊背景﹐和活潑易感﹐勇往直前的特質。

作者充滿思想的洞察力﹐加上獨具秉賦的體力﹐不時從工作中脫開身去﹐一心從<大步走天下>中去發掘樂趣。許多看似平凡的事物﹐被她巧妙的一點﹐全具有了不同凡響的意義。

I read Jiao Ming’s book <My Journey to the World> cover to cover. It enabled me to experience the beauty and the mystery of those faraway places that I didn’t go and probably will not be able to go in future. Her wonderful stories about travel and life are among the best that I’ve read in recent months. 



By the way I know the Chinese language better than I know English and I would have written this passage in Chinese then I could explain my enjoyment of the book even better except it is hard for me to use the computer to write Chinese.

This is the book for people who love exploring new things.

I admire the author’s everlasting curiocity and determination .

She is telling me wonderful stories through her keen eyes. 

Earth watching is not so unreachable after all.