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The Wind In My Wheels - Josie Dew

The Wind In My Wheels

Travel Tales from the Saddle

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
384 Seiten
1993
Sphere (Verlag)
978-0-7515-0249-7 (ISBN)
CHF 22,65 inkl. MwSt
* Essential reading for armchair travellers and cyclists alike - Josie Dew's first book of her adventures in several countries...
As a young girl, Josie Dew developed an overpowering urge to travel. She also fell out of a fast-moving vehicle and, rather inconveniently, developed a lifelong aversion to cars. Along came her first bicycle, and she has never looked back. Four continents, thirty-six countries and eighty thousand miles worth of astounding adventures, eccentric characters, varied cultures and ever-enduring optimism are the result of her travels.
From Saharan locust invasions to tree-climbing goats, and a customs official who wouldn't let her leave India because 'You are making me a very fine wife', her encounters are described with honesty, wit and perception. Strange incidents and bizarre circumstances punctuate her journeys: in Nepal she met a team of Frenchmen running from Paris to China, and a cyclist on his way from one Olympic Games to the next. In Udaipur she was greeted by everyone with the refrain 'Hello Mr. Jamie Bond Octopussy filmed here', whilst her view of post-Ceausescu Romania, a nation suffering and starving, affected her both physically and mentally.
THE WIND IN MY WHEELS is informative, illuminating, and ceaselessly amusing.

Josie has cycled 280,000 miles across 43 countries, some by accident. The survivor of 5 continents, several wonky knees and a handful of worn-out bottom brackets, she is still firmly fixed in the saddle. WIND IN MY WHEELS was shortlisted for the 1992 Travel Writer of the Year Award.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 10.6.1993
Zusatzinfo Section: 16, colour
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 128 x 197 mm
Gewicht 274 g
Themenwelt Literatur Zweisprachige Ausgaben Deutsch / Englisch
Reisen Reiseberichte
ISBN-10 0-7515-0249-9 / 0751502499
ISBN-13 978-0-7515-0249-7 / 9780751502497
Zustand Neuware
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