Jupiter's Travels - Softcover
In the late '70s Ted Simon rode 63,000 miles over four years through fifty-four countries in a journey that took him around the world. Through breakdowns, prison, war, revolutions, disasters and a Californian commune, he travelled into the depths of fear and reached the heights of euphoria.
He met astonishing people and was treated as a spy, a welcome stranger and even a god. For Simon the trip became a journey into his own soul, and for many others - including bikers Charley Boorman and Ewan McGrergor - it provides an inspiration they will never forget.
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The best motorcycle travel book ever written.--Motorcycle Sport
Extremely readable, full of keen observation, perceptive insight ? conveying action, drama, tension and danger.--LA Times
Vivid description of driving under conditions that were often ferocious.--NY Times
A compelling narrative that moves, sometimes at breakneck speed, over some of the world's most beautiful and mysterious terrain ? packed with fascinating detail, splendid characterizations, and hair-raising adventures.--Boston Globe
By all means TAKE THE PLUNGE.--Rider Magazine
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Extremely readable, full of keen observation, perceptive insight ? conveying action, drama, tension and danger.--LA Times
Vivid description of driving under conditions that were often ferocious.--NY Times
A compelling narrative that moves, sometimes at breakneck speed, over some of the world's most beautiful and mysterious terrain ? packed with fascinating detail, splendid characterizations, and hair-raising adventures.--Boston Globe
By all means TAKE THE PLUNGE.--Rider Magazine
* The classic travel book that inspired Long Way Round and Long Way Down
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- Publication date1980
- ISBN 10 0140054103
- ISBN 13 9780140054101
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages464
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In the late '70s Ted Simon rode 63,000 miles over four years through fifty-four countries in a journey that took him around the world.Through breakdowns, prison, war, revolutions, disasters and a Californian commune, he travelled into the depths of fear and reached the heights of euphoria.He met astonishing people and was treated as a spy, a welcome stranger and even a god. For Simon the trip became a journey into his own soul, and for many others - including bikers Charley Boorman and Ewan McGregor - it provides an inspiration they will never forget.Brought up in England by a German mother and a Romanian father, Ted Simon found himself impelled by an insatiable desire to explore the world. It led him to abandon an early scientific career in favour of journalism, and he has worked for several newspapers and magazines on Fleet Street and elsewhere. Ted Simon is also the author of Riding Home and The Gypsy in Me. In the late 1970s the author set off on a Triumph and rode 63,000 miles over four years through fifty-four countries in a journey that took him around the world. Through breakdowns, prison, war, revolutions, disasters and a Californian commune, he travelled into the depths of fear and reached the heights of euphoria. This title tells his story. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780140054101
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