Miles from nowhere : a round-the-world bicycle adventure / Barbara Savage ; foreword by Tara Austen Weaver.
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TextPublisher: Seattle, WA : Mountaineers Books, 2020Description: 347 pages ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781680510362
- 1680510363
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Main Library | NonFiction | 796.6092 S263 | Available | 33111009629813 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Miles from Nowhere is the story of Barbara and Larry Savage's sometimes dangerous, often zany, but ultimately rewarding 23,000-mile bicycle odyssey, which took them through 25 countries in two years. Along the way, these near-neophyte cyclists on their ten-speeds encountered warm-hearted strangers eager to share food and shelter, bicycle-hating drivers who ran them off the road, various wild animals (including an attack camel), rock-throwing Egyptians, overprotective Thai policeman, motherly New Zealanders,meteorological disasters, bodily indignities, and great personal joys. The stress of traveling together constantly tested yet strengthened the young couple's relationship and as their trip ends, you'll find yourself yearning for Barbara and Larry to jump back on their bikes and keep pedaling.
Originally published in 1983, Miles from Nowhere has provided inspiration for legions of modern travel-adventurers and writers.
Originally published in 1983. With new foreword and conservation with Larry Savage.
"A first-person adventure narrative about a couple's 23,000-mile bicycle odyssey in the late 1970s. Barbara and Larry Savage rode their ten-speeds the long-way "across" the USA and then continued their adventure by bike in Europe, Northern Africa, and New Zealand"-- Provided by publisher.