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The travels and travails of the bike world's most notorious rebel
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"Riding a bike removes the need for clutter, toys, rubbish that other men have to take on holiday. If I want adrenaline, I'll rush a giddy overtake, not rent a jet ski."
The world through the eyes of Dan Walsh is never less than Technicolor, and always uninhibited, rebellious and on the edge. Not since the days of Jupiter's Travels has one man embarked on such an angry, narcotic-fuelled bike trek around the world.
"For me, Chile will always be South America's supermodel sister - very beautiful but too long, too skinny, and too expensive to ride, and despite the groovy exterior, unpleasantly right-wing underneath."
Dan has travelled the length and breadth of the world on his BMW F650 GS Dakar. Along the way he's visited Buenos Aires, where 'revolutionary' means the angry poor invading the presidential palace, not a really small phone that's also a camera. He's been mistaken for a bum in New York, bashed by deadly tequila in Mexico, contracted typhoid in a dilapidated Bolivian hotel, and visited The Most Beautiful Road in the World in Peru.
"I get my bum pinched by a tranny, my pocket picked by a grifter and get a gun pulled on me by a one-eyed, one-armed midget who's upset cause I winked at him. These are the days that must happen to you."
Soaked in adrenaline and coruscatingly funny, Dan Walsh is the rightful heir to Ted Simon as the pre-eminent biker-rebel of our generation.
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
If you want to get an honest feeling of what riding a bike is like for normal people, not superhuman daredevils, this is the book for you. His insight into the countries he visits, the people he meets, teaches you more than any travel guide or history book. Since getting this I havent been able to put it down. He is selfish, dumb at times, ignorant, all the things real people are and this book reflects its.
For those of us who will never snort cocaine with a prostitute in South America this is good way of finding out what it feels like and more importantly how you end up in that state in the first place.
Sit back, enjoy and start questioning your own priorities.
Have fun and keep drifting
For those of us who will never snort cocaine with a prostitute in South America this is good way of finding out what it feels like and more importantly how you end up in that state in the first place.
Sit back, enjoy and start questioning your own priorities.
Have fun and keep drifting
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
As somebody who has done the same trip through Africa and actually toured on one occasion with the author, I just wanted to add my bit.
Dan has a unique style of writing that a lot of people find refreshing and a few won't get.. (It couldn't be any other way.) And, yes, Dan does drink and smoke a lot... I endorse all of the other reviews here - they are all correct!
It won't win any literary awards and is not competing with the likes of Jupiter's Travels. This is not a philosophical tome. It is Dan living life his way and recounting the experience in his own unique style of writing. I have read many other travellers' tales and there is nothing comparable.
I could write a similar tale without any embellishment, so what we have here is a genuine memoir wrapped in a unique style which, in itself, is very refreshing.
Dan has a unique style of writing that a lot of people find refreshing and a few won't get.. (It couldn't be any other way.) And, yes, Dan does drink and smoke a lot... I endorse all of the other reviews here - they are all correct!
It won't win any literary awards and is not competing with the likes of Jupiter's Travels. This is not a philosophical tome. It is Dan living life his way and recounting the experience in his own unique style of writing. I have read many other travellers' tales and there is nothing comparable.
I could write a similar tale without any embellishment, so what we have here is a genuine memoir wrapped in a unique style which, in itself, is very refreshing.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
If you've read Dan's writings in Bike magazine, you'll know how "colourful" it can be. If you enjoyed his writing enough to be thinking of buying this book then you, like me, forgive him for offending (everyone eventually!) and probably admire his honesty.
I'd have given this book five stars but for two things - the subjects of the warnings in my review title:
1. If you've read Dan in Bike magazine - you've read the book. I'll be getting rid of the mags (one day) but the book will remain and be read more than once!
2. You may not want your teenage kids reading it. They may (?!) learn things you'd rather they didn't and they might like the sound of them.
However, warnings aside, a great read from an inspiring character.
Dan, if you;re reading this - keep riding and writing till you find what you're looking for. Then write about that too :-)
I'd have given this book five stars but for two things - the subjects of the warnings in my review title:
1. If you've read Dan in Bike magazine - you've read the book. I'll be getting rid of the mags (one day) but the book will remain and be read more than once!
2. You may not want your teenage kids reading it. They may (?!) learn things you'd rather they didn't and they might like the sound of them.
However, warnings aside, a great read from an inspiring character.
Dan, if you;re reading this - keep riding and writing till you find what you're looking for. Then write about that too :-)
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DECENT READ IF YOU ARE INTO BIKES AND TRAVEL
BEEN INTO BIKES ALL MY LIFE AND DO QUITE A LOT OF TRAVELLING SO I QUITE ENJOYED IT QUICK AND AMUSING WHAT MORE COULD YOU ASK FOR
Published 1 month ago by Graham Nicol
Green with envy
Teaches the world that a packing list for a long weekend in Malaga is sooo irrelevant when our intrepid hero sets off across the Sahara with '5 packets of Marlboro, three litres of... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Redline
Biking anti-hero
A lavishly printed travelogue comprising the edited blog highlights of Dan Walsh's Daily Mail sponsored epic journey around the globe, on his factory prepared 1200cc adventure... Read more
Published 6 months ago by C. Vincent
One to miss
These are the days that happen to you if your this person, a very boring book difficult to read, doesn't track well and is tedious. Read more
Published 14 months ago by C. Reynolds
great read
a gritty insight into the world of motorcycle travel.
Dan set's off on an adventure that turns into his life
Dan set's off on an adventure that turns into his life
Published 16 months ago by stuboo
A great book from a writer, who by his own admission finds his writing...
A must read book for any motorcyclist. His life style isn't for everyone, but this makes the stories even more compelling. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Mr. T. R. Martinson
Simply the best
Over the past 20 years I have read dozens of bike adventure stories, and as a fellow motorcycle adventurer, Dan tells it like it really is, out there on the road, you can... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Wanderlust
Definitely different
Until ordering this book I had never heard of Dan Walsh, but I do own a bike and am contemplating doing a trip. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Ticker
these are the days
great read, well observed and colourfully portrayed
an inspiration to us all working hard to go nowhere
an inspiration to us all working hard to go nowhere
Published on 18 May 2010 by J. G. Douglas
Clarkson simply wouldn't get this
A breath of fresh air in an increasingly bland UK, a welcome reminder to just get out there on my bike and LIVE
Published on 26 Mar 2010 by Dktaylor
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