Tammy M. (Tamsbooks) reviewed on 5/27/2011 + 39 more book reviews

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This book about a bike journey around the world is made very poignant by the fact that Barbara Savage was killed in a bicycling accident as the book was going to press. So as one reads of her harrowing misses by traffic on the roads of Egypt or Thailand or even the U.S., there is a sense of sadness that one day the worst would indeed happen.

Aside from this poignancy, the book is a frank tale of both the joys and trials of living with only what one can carry on a bike. Savage and her husband do spend blissful weeks on pristine beaches. But the stories of their sometimes hand-to-mouth existence as far as finding food and water, the tales of the absolute filth they had to endure, and the rather unappealing specter of being crushed by moving vehicles at nearly every turn certainly disabuses this endeavor of all romance. I know that for myself, Ive removed bike around the world off my Bucket List.

Savage imbues the tale with pathos, humor, and honesty. It deserves a read as a travel adventure.

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