How true!
At some stage, I think you would enjoy
this book.
The Land of Lost Borders is a fabulous book!
Thank you for prodding me a couple of times
It's not a typical travelogue type book so I think would be interesting to anyone who has any grá all for a bit of travel or adventure, not necessarily in that part of the world.
The author is well equipped to explore those regions, highly intelligent, well read and a very accomplished cyclist, but the narrative flows along, bouncing lightly around from topic to topic, many not cycling related at all - the cumulative effect I found to be inspirational.
There's a lot of discussion about the advantages of travel by bike and lots of talk of exploration and what it means in the modern world.
One pair of sentences, particularly, struck home.
"But exploration, more than anything, is like falling in love: the experience feels singular, unprecedented and revolutionary, despite the fact that others have been there before. No one can fall in love for you, just as no one can bike the Silk Road for you"
Replace "Silk Road" with a local churchyard, a bridge, a river, the coast or México city, don our "exploring head" and a bike ride becomes something wonderous.
Thanks
@Shadow !
View: https://youtu.be/aAf3FTOPSEk
Another book I reread over Christmas was "The Brendan Voyage" by Tim Severin (who died in December). It has nothing to do with bike touring but is full of adventure, camraderie, goodwill and inspiration for trying "the impossible".
