By Any Means: His Brand New Adventure From Wicklow to Wollongong
By (Author) Charley Boorman
Little, Brown Book Group
Sphere
28th May 2009
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
910.4
Paperback
352
Width 128mm, Height 197mm, Spine 32mm
332g
Bikes have always been Charley s first love, but he also enjoys a challenge. So when the chance comes to travel across three continents by any means , he jumps right in. Grabbing whatever local transport he can get his hands on, Charley travels from his home town in County Wicklow all the way to Australia - a trip of over 20,000 miles through twenty-five countries.
Testing Charley s skills and stamina to the limit, this new journey offers him a unique opportunity to meet people and learn firsthand all about their countries. He drives a lorry through northern Iran, rides a tuk-tuk through the chaotic and colourful city of Varanasi, and becomes the first person ever to wakeboard across the Malay/Singapore border. He sets up his own bus service in Turkey, takes a slow boat down the Mekong, and a very fast one through Borneo to deliver vaccines for UNICEF. And of course he jumps on a bike whenever he can, even if there s a monsoon on the way..."Replete with colorful characters, hair-raising action and enough raw machismo to knock over an elephant." "Kirkus Reviews" on "Race to Dakar""
Charley Boorman is the author of RACE TO DAKAR and co-author of LONG WAY DOWN and LONG WAY ROUND. All are bestsellers. He lives in London with his wife and two daughters.