Truly inspiring
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Two men travelling across three continents that keeps the excitement and sense discovery to a fast pace throughout. Never feels like a diary or re-run of the itinery, just the story of the riders as they find out what's around the next corner - and there's a surprise or two believe me. Often it reads like you're there by the road side, making a sugery cup of tea as camp is set up. Buy it and feel good and challenged!
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WOW!
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This book is tremendously enjoyable and inspirational. I have read a fair few travel/adventure type auto biographies and with many of them after the initial excitement of beginning the trip the writing deteriorates into a boring descripition that just reads basically like an itinerary. Not so this one. Plenty of humour, excellent descriptions, so good you actually feel you are right there along side the guys most of the time. The only thing is wonder is 'where are the photographs?'. There are amusing drawings to break up the text but at least a few photos would have been nice. Maybe it was to do with printing/publication cost etc. A must read for those feeling call of the unknown and toying with the idea of taking the road less travelled. Buy it.
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So good I cleaned off the bike...
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This book is an easy holiday read. One of those "I gave up work to follow a dream books". But through the quality of the writing, the book stays with you, and challenges you. Whilst not a life changing read, it is definatly a life challenging one! Thoroughly recommended.
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Good book, great journey - makes you loathe your desk job!
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I read this quickly and relished the sense of freedom it contained in its pages. I think the story is remarkable: people who didn't just talk about turning their lives upside down in search of something more meaningful but actually DID IT. That's inspiring enough. But the things they see and the people they meet along the way are perhaps the real triumph of this narrative. I guess it's one of those 'life's not a dress rehearsal' books. The sort of reminder we all need from time to time. Buy it, read it and, maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow but someday, you'll probably find it moved you to try something different, too.
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A real adventure story
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One of those books that can send a shiver up your spine - you want to become a part of their adventure and travel and see the things they saw in Australia, Africa and South America. You can imagine the spectacular landscapes and while I was reading it I wished I was there. It's an honest book, it describes the squabbling, the disagreements, the far from perfect conditions, but despite all of that it conveys a sheer excitement of travelling and discovery. I defy anyone not to want to travel, or at least do something adventurous after reading this!
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