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Title: Jupiter's Travels: Four Years Around the World on a Motorcycle by Ted Simon ISBN: 0-9654785-0-5 Publisher: Jupitalia Productions Pub. Date: 01 December, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.52 (23 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A book of travel, yes, but infinitely more than that
Comment: Ted Simon was a writer first and a motorcycle rider somewhere after that. Do not confuse this book with a mere description of places visited and how to keep a bike running. Jupiter's Travels includes some of the most insightful writing about carrying on through one's life; now hurtling, now crawling, but always with his senses fully operating and his mind delightfully able to capture and describe penetrating glimpses. Mr Simon reflects on the many ways of dealing with the variable textures of humanity, the testing of one's mettle while admitting to shortcomings, and in doing so this the book involves a greater metaphorical value, something that few so-called travel writers ever attain. Mr Simon's resourcefulness, his strategies, and his often intuitive approach to living on the road for four years will provide any reader, and particularly a prospective long-term traveler, with a book that will be remembered and perhaps even consulted in retrospect. When the boat is late and the sky is dark, when the customs people are being intransigent and the alleys seem full of bandits, when the dust becomes so thick that you can chew it -- you will find yourself wondering: how would Ted Simon deal with a time like this?
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the best books ever written
Comment: This book captures first hand the now little known adventure of a British journalist who set out to ride around the world on a motorcycle. It is an incredible story and something any reader should enjoy. Every teenager/student should be issued with this book so that they can understand what adventure is [they should also be issued with Ernest Shackleton's story]. It is also a period piece capturing something of the flavor of the early 70s -- although not so obtrusively that it would offend those who scorn that period. The writing is direct and honest. The author does not shy away from ridiculing himself at times -- the linen suit incident still stays with me 15 years after I first read this book. This book provides insight into not just the authors thinking but the behavior of people in different cultures across the world (Ted came to accept problems calmly as help always seemed to come along). I read this book while in hospital and sadly gave it away to a fellow patient who I had been friendly with. It probably changed my life, as I still sometimes think of some of the incidents described. I will buy a copy for my son one day so that he will understand what adventure is. [Contrast this to that dreadful "Zen & the Art of..." book]. Ted travelled around the world on a Triumph Trident (perhaps the last ever made) -- not a BMW or a Harley. No support team, cell phone or GPS satellite navigation. This book let's you share the experience.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great!
Comment: I've always ranked this as the finest travelog about motorcycle touring ever written. I agree with all the positive comments by other reviewers, and don't have a quibble to make. I've read this book twice, and loved it both times.
However, the best motorcycling touring book is "Mi Moto Fidel: Motorcycling Through Castro's Cuba," which I consider one of the best travel books ever written. It's a fascinating and sometimes hilarious, sometimes hair-raising story of a 7,000-mile journey and justifiably the winner of both the 2002 "Travel Book of the Year" and the North American Travel Journalist Association's Awards of Excellence "Grand Prize."
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Title: Adventure Motorcycling Handbook, 4th: Worldwide Motorcycling Route & Planning Guide by Chris Scott ISBN: 1873756372 Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr Pub. Date: March, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: One Man Caravan ("Incredible Journeys" Books) by Robert E. Jr Fulton ISBN: 1884313051 Publisher: Whitehorse Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1996 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Odyssey to Ushuaia: A Motorcycling Adventure from New York to Tierra del Fuego by Andres Carlstein ISBN: 1556524404 Publisher: Chicago Review Press Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: 10 Years on 2 Wheels: 77 Countries, 250,000 Miles by Helge Pedersen, Helga Pederson, Dana Payne ISBN: 0944958389 Publisher: Elfin Cove Pr Pub. Date: June, 1998 List Price(USD): $48.00 |
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Title: Riding High by Ted Simon ISBN: 0965478513 Publisher: Jupitalia Productions Pub. Date: 01 January, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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