Siberia: Cycling Home from Siberia: 30,000 miles, 3 years, 1 bicycle [Bargain Price]

Cycling Home from Siberia: 30,000 miles, 3 years, 1 bicycle [Bargain Price] [Paperback]

Product Details

Paperback: 432 pages
Publisher: Howard Books; Original edition (April 5, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1451607865
ASIN: B0078XOW24
Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 1.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

By : Rob Lilwall
Price : $6.00
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Cycling Home from Siberia: 30,000 miles, 3 years, 1 bicycle [Bargain Price] [Paperback]

Buyer Testimonials

At the moment I am going by way of a phase of reading, nay, devouring travel books. Of all the books I have read in the last 12 months, I am confident that Rob has THE most amazing tale of all to tell. What Rob has performed on a bicycle beggars belief. Regardless of my reservations, I would say proper up front - if you like real life travel adventures, then purchase this book perfect now. It really is incredible. He starts off by describing his bicycle as a ten year old steel frame bike, with some bags attached. He then proceeds to cycle by way of Siberia in Winter. Extraordinary? That's only the begin!
Why only 4 stars. Effectively, I really feel that the writing of this book was incredibly a lot the tail end of Rob's adventures. Yes, Rob has gone to areas on a bicycle that most people today wouldn't consider doable, and in a lot of instances you can really feel that atmosphere and sense of adventure in the book. But heck, he manages to go by way of places that 99.9% of us will never see, and yet dismiss them in a line or two, or not even mention them at all. Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand get covered in barely a page (or so it seems) Vietnam hardly gets a mention at all, and then he goes by way of Western Europe at a lick, and with barely far more words than I have in this assessment. Okay, I'm getting a bit harsh, but if I'm complaining, it really is only for the reason that I think that book could be two or three occasions longer, and nonetheless hold your attention. The areas he does describe in detail, he manages to do as effectively as any writer I have read recently, and when he does so, the tale is genuinely incredible. The irony of that makes the all too brief descriptions of otherwise incredible areas really feel as if you are getting brief changed.
Oh what the heck, in writing this assessment, I can come to no other conclusion than this is a five book right after all. Go and purchase it, and be amazed at what one particular man has done on a ten year old steel frame bicycle.
BTW I purchased the tricky copy of this book in October 2010 in Australia.

I purchased this book when on a bike trip across Colorado (hardly Siberia to London but nonetheless an opportune moment!) and loved both the writing style and the substance. The author's actual journey is fairly amazing: 35,000 miles on a bike, most of it solo just after he components strategies with his initial traveling companion. I also loved that rather than pretending that each and every moment of the trip was wonderful, fulfilling, thrilling, whatever, Rob Lilwall does not shy away from writing about the fear, uncertainly and ambivalence that everybody on a extended and arduous journey feels. My tiny amount of negativity about this book is reserved for the publisher: parts of the book are poorly truth-checked and other individuals have typos that just made me cringe. For example the end matter proudly announces that "Rob Lilwall was given motivational lectably ures [sic] on his experiences." Simon Schuster need to be in a position to do far better. But tremendous kudos to Rob Lilwall on a definitely enjoyable book.