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The Road to Gobblers Knob - Geoff Hill

The Road to Gobblers Knob

From Chile to Alaska on a Motorbike

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Buch | Softcover
304 Seiten
2007
Blackstaff Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-85640-804-5 (ISBN)
CHF 18,90 inkl. MwSt
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A book about the Pan-American Highway including various twists and turns in the road, from the difficulties of getting bikes to Chile and the trials of South American border crossings, to the joys of the open road and the dubious delights of the local specialities.
At 16,500 miles, it was the world's longest road: a road on which travellers faced being baked in deserts, frozen in mountains, kidnapped and murdered by Colombian drug barons, buried under Peruvian avalanches, drowned by the Guatemalan rainy season, fleeced by eight-year-old Ecuadorean border touts, wasted by Montezuma's revenge, driven mad by blackflies in the Yukon, eaten by Alaskan grizzlies and, worst of all, limited to a glass of Chardonnay a day in California. The Pan-American Highway - it sounded brilliant. The next day, I went out to buy every book that I could find on it. And found that there weren't any. Then it's about time I wrote one, I thought. Hilariously funny, thoughtful and entertaining, this is that book. From the difficulties of getting bikes to Chile and the trials of South American border crossings, to the joys of the open road and the dubious delights of the local specialities (guinea pig, anyone?), you will love every twist and turn in the (very very long) road on this adventure.

Geoff Hill is the features editor of the News Letter in Belfast. He has either won or been shortlisted for a UK. Travel Writer of the Year award eight times. He is also a former Irish Travel Writer of the Year and a former Mexican Government European Travel Writer of the Year, although he's still trying to work out exactly what that means. He regularly writes about travel for the Daily Telegraph and the Independent on Sunday.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 23.4.2007
Zusatzinfo Yes
Sprache englisch
Maße 138 x 216 mm
Themenwelt Natur / Technik Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe Auto / Motorrad
Reisen Reiseberichte Nord- / Mittelamerika
Reisen Reiseberichte Südamerika
ISBN-10 0-85640-804-2 / 0856408042
ISBN-13 978-0-85640-804-5 / 9780856408045
Zustand Neuware
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