No Thru Road: Confessions of a Traveling Man
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (954 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0990645908 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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College and army out of the way, he then traveled extensively in Africa and Asia until heading to graduate school at the Monterey Institute of International Studies in Monterey, California. While riding north from Panama in 1975 he stopped off at San Miguel de Allende in Mexico to sign up for a Master of Fine Arts degree (ABT) at the Instituto Allende, with the notion of learning how to earn a living by writing. Department of State, which assigned him to Vietn
Pedro III Battistini said rides for the sheer joy of touring. 100% Excelente ! Not just for riders, a book everyone wanting to know about places to go in this world should read it; non technical about bikes, a journal written for everyone, by a writer that, unlike other motorcycle travel journalist I have read, rides for the sheer joy of touring, knowing new places, meeting people, with an open and positive attitude about all. Haven't been there yet? Well hang on. Just when you think you've pretty much done it --- at least if not all. then a good part of it you pick up Clements book and find you're back to square one.. Chris said Five Stars. Great tales of life on two wheels.
Moto-journalist Clement Salvadori has been riding motorcycles since the age of 15 and traveling all of his life, accumulating well over a million miles in the saddle across more than 70 countries on six continents. Activists who want to get on their motorcycles and ride down into Mexico's Copper Canyon will enjoy the book, as will the arm-chair traveler who is happy reading about traveling from Peru's Great Ica Desert over the Andes Mountains to the basin. This book promises excellent entertainment and a glimpse into life as a moto-journalist.. Adventurous riders will thoroughly appreciate the book, as in the description of kick-starting a 500cc single - never easy to do - at 17,200 feet in the Tibetan Himalayas. Or riding a bike to Pamplona, Spain, in 1960 in order to run with the bulls. Clement's adventures are arranged so the reader can open the book to any chapter, be it India, Nepal, the Sahara, New Zealand or Viet Nam, and not have to worry about following a thread. Lots of adventures, lots of good reading, lots of photos and ill
Department of State, which assigned him to Vietnam for a year and a half and then was kind enough to post him to Italy. Being the age of the draft, he did his military service as a demolitions expert with the U.S. College and army out of the way, he then traveled extensively in Africa and Asia until heading to graduate school at the Monterey Institute of International Studies in Monterey, California. He has published upwards of a thousand articles and five books. In 1980 a motorcycle magazine in Laguna Beach, California, offered him a staff job. However, not being very happy as a diplomat, he tendered his resignation in 1973 and set off on his motorcycle to take a trip around the world. While riding north from Panama in 1975 he stopped off at San Migu