Jupiter's Travels
Simon rode a motorcycle around the world in the seventies, when such a thing was unheard of In four years he covered 78,000 miles through 45 countries, living with peasants and presidents, in prisons and palaces, through wars and revolutions What distinguishes this book is that Simon was already an accomplished writer In 25 years this book has changed many lives, and inspired many to travel, including Ewan McGregor. Read Jupiter's Travels – kino-fada.fr REVIEW OF 2019 READ Hmm, I first and last read this book in 1979 I think, and it had a big effect on me, not that it made me want to travel the world by motorcycle but it was a book I ve never lost through the years and never forgotten In my never ending task to write reviews for all the books I read pre GR, I even wrote a review based on a 40 year old memory a few months ago, see below, and now comes the rub, yes I enjoyed this re read b...My father is an adventurer at heart He rode a motorcycle through South America a decade before Che he jumped out of airplanes at night and landed in Southeast Asian jungles he spent 40 years fishing in Alaska, both off Kodiak and in the Bering Sea Now, he and my mother are retired, and they spend a good deal of their time traveling still on a motorcycle They have a great set up a trailer packed with a beautiful tent and an air mattress picnic goodies, bottles of gin They tool around My father is an adventurer at heart He rode a motorcycle through South America a decade before Che he jumped out of ai... Ewen McGregorHi I m multi award winning Actor about town Ewan McGregor I ve got a totally original idea for a TV show ITV ExecOh Yeah EwenYeah, Me and my mate Charlie Boorman, the world famous star of stage and screen, are going to ride round the world on our motorbikes It ll be mega ITV ExecBut what about that guy in the 70 s called Ted Simon who did all that but without all your money and good looks EwenWHAT ITV ExecLook i m sorry but it s all been done before Ewen Pointing Ewen McGregorHi I m multi award winning Actor about town Ewan McGregor I ve g...Goddamn it How did I get tricked into reading another bullshit, transcendental 70 s enlightenment novel After Robert Pirsig s puddle of diaper filling, I swore I d never read one of these things again This was billed as a travel bookCurses sigh On to the book What a boring, self indulgent novel Ol Ted decides to go slummin through the third world in some misguided attempt to test himself Once underway, his special brand of bitter negativity slowly swallows every paragraph His Goddamn it How did I get tricked into reading another bullshit, transcendental 70 s enlightenment novel After Robert Pirsig s puddle of diaper filling, I swore I d never read ...This book changed my life there have been others but the first page is still the most powerful first page I have ever read I scanned the first page into my computer so I can pull it up and read when I forget Very powerful stuff the book will keep you up at night I don t believe this ...Look, is this guy an incredibly pretentious shit Yes, oh, definitely yes But it was written in the early 1970 s so he s a very specific historical form of a shit Which mean, eh, I forgive him Loved this but I have a soft heart for pretentious shits traveling around the world noted Paul Theroux.So I never write reviews on here And I don t know if I was particularly moved to write one after finishing this book, or whether it just happens to be the first I finish since deciding I should write reviews Otherwise I tend to forget what I thought and felt whilst reading, and if that s the case, what then, was the point It s all in the timing Something can be profound in a certain instance of life, and banal the next The view, you see, changes from where you are standing Jupiter was So I never write reviews on here And I don t know if I was particularly moved to write one after finishing this book, or whether it just happens to be the first I finish since deciding I should write reviews Otherwise I tend to forget what I thought and felt whilst reading, and if that s the case, what then, was the point It s all in the timing S...I m a sucker for travel books The thing to remember when reading this memoir is that he goes around the world on a motorcycle I know that sounds obvious but the motorcycle takes center stage and almost everything else is background It s been a long, long time since I cared at all for anything with a motor and even longer since I ve ridden a motorcycle so this book wasn t written with me as the target market He makes a few wonderful insights but he spends far too many words fussing over his I m a sucker for travel books The thing to remember when reading this memoir is that he goes around the world on a motorcycle I know that sounds obvious but the motorcycle takes center stage and almost everything else is background It s been a long, long time since I cared at all for anything with a motor and even longer since I ve ridden a motorcycle so this book wasn t written with me as the target market He makes a fe...I was disappointed with this book I had waited so long to get my hands on a copy, and when the chance came, greedily opened the book, looking forward to the adventure within While the adventure was there, and it was intresting to see how the world has changed since the book was originally written, I found it hard at times to get into the story I wasn t too keen on Ted Simon s style of writing, and at times I found his opinions rather off putting He seemed to gloss over some parts of the I was disappointed with this book I h...The writing in the book is as bumpy as the roads the author traveled on, frequently crashing into a jumbled heap His observations and caricature descriptions of different cultures seemed to be tiedto the weather than his personal interactions The book s pacing is uneven with excessive detail in the beginning and some countries towards the end getting nothan a one line stereotypical summary There are some well written vignettes scattered throughout the book but overall I d give it The writing in the ...
- English
- 21 August 2018 Ted Simon
- Paperback
- 447 pages
- 0965478521
- Ted Simon
- Jupiter's Travels