An updated edition including new color photographs and a new afterword looking b
ack at the journeyAlastair Humphreys' around-the-world journey of 46,000 miles w
as an old-fashioned adventure: long, lonely, low-budget, and spontaneous. Cyclin
g across five continents and sailing over the oceans, his ride took four years t
o complete, on a tiny budget of hoarded student loans. Here is the story of the
first remarkable stage of the expedition. Just two weeks into the ride the Septe
mber 11th attacks changed everything. All Humphreys' plans went out the window a
nd, instead of riding towards Australia, he suddenly found himself pedaling thro
ugh the Middle East and Africa and on toward Cape Town. This book recounts an ep
ic journey that succeeded through Humphreys' trust in the kindness of strangers,
at a time where the interactions of our global community are more confused and
troubled than ever.
