Back in 6 Years: A Journey Around the Planet Without Leaving the Surface

9780864925022

Tony Robinson-Smith (Author) $19.95 Paperback Published April 25, 2008 - In Stock Goose Lane Editions

Inspired by travel writer Ted Simon, Tony Robinson-Smith quit his job in Japan, returned home to England, and then set out once more with only a rucksack, a map, and a dream to travel the world with both feet on the ground. Nearly six years later, he returned home having fulfilled his dream and collected some scars. Using his journals and memories as his primary sources, Robinson-Smith tells an exhilarating story that begins and ends in England. His adventures include running out of water in the Sahara Desert, hitchhiking across the barren wastes of Patagonia, wheezing up the Rocky Mountains on a bicycle and being thrown onto coral reef in a fisherman's canoe. Robinson-Smith tells his gripping tale in an affable style with a sense of the comedic. With little idea of what he wants or will gain, he takes on the world solo, with only the notion of an approximate direction and a suspicion that enlightenment lies just over the horizon.

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