Cycling Home From Siberia (2009) - Plot & Excerpts
What I liked?It is pretty well written, there is a lot of anegdots, author tries to show emotional side of the trip, as well as religious, political and phisical (surprisingly, this bit is quite small). I particulary like the Iran bit and obviously Siberia. I liked the fact author genuinly describes his hesitations, his worries, his fear and even his believes and disbelieves. It is worth adding, that Rob made great effort to be objective as well, which not very common.Unsure?Love story... Well it happened, but it was kind of unexpected for the travel story, in some point book was just sort of spinning around The Girl. A bit cheesy...What I didn't like?Well, there is not a lot, but I missed a description of Turkey, it is a big country and was pretty much ignored, just as European states. I have expected a bit of technical stuff, but this is me...I have read it in one weekend, so my general opinion is absolutely positive. Recommend! Goes through each country pretty quickly, but you'd have to, to get from Siberia to London in about 350 pages. So I would have liked more depth, but he does provide interesting anecdotes and approaches the people he meets with a pretty open mind and a lot of respect, unlike other (cough Paul Theroux cough) travel writers I've read. I appreciated his honesty about not only the physical difficulties of the trip (which he started out really untrained for) but also about his own character and personal foibles and fears.
What do You think about Cycling Home From Siberia (2009)?
Interesting book on a man's around the world cycle. A very easy quick read.
—DD13
I'm sorry but anything endorsed by Bear Grylls has got to be good.
—Sayuri
I enjoyed the Siberia bits but the rest of it bored me.
—Naira
