The Road That Has No End
How we traded our ordinary lives for a global bicycle touring adventure
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3.8 • 6 Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
This title presents an inspiring and daring true adventure. Dare to live a dream! Tim and Cindie Travis accomplish the unthinkable, in an unprecedented worldwide cycling adventure. Their clever story explores the depths of humanity, as they expose themselves to life's perils on roads less travelled. This story is written as it happens, on the road. Digital technology and dot com know-how are in harmony with minimalist living. The result is salt-of-the-earth drama related on the fly through an internet journal, culminating in a series of captivating true stories. There is a winning combination of integrity and know-how, with a relaxing informal prose, become informative non-fiction that reads like a novel.This first book progresses from the shedding of a traditional lifestyle to discoveries made on their bicycle journey from Arizona, USA to Panama City, Panama. On bicycle, the Travis' are exposed to the ground level of society, an experience few outsiders will ever know. Along the way, the Travis' witness a religious pilgrimage in Chalma, Mexico, visited ancient Aztec and Mayan ruins, were attacked by an airplane spraying pesticides in Guatemala and saw alligators, scarlet Macaws and three-toed sloths in the jungles and cloud forests of Costa Rica. This is a great addition to your high adventure travel collection.
Customer Reviews
Very enjoyable read!
Tim writes in a straightforward, honest way, making for an easy read of his and his wife Cindie's great travels. Some excellent reflections on what they see and experience make this book more than a simple "we did this today, then that tomorrow". I love bike touring and this book is very inspiring.
Great Book
I would highly recommend this book. I myself am a long distance bicycle tourist.