Odyssey to Ushuaia
eBook - ePub

Odyssey to Ushuaia

A Motorcycling Adventure from New York to Tierra del Fuego

  1. 368 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Odyssey to Ushuaia

A Motorcycling Adventure from New York to Tierra del Fuego

About this book

What makes a man sell all he owns and ride a motorcycle 22,000 miles from his hometown in upstate New York to the southernmost tip of South America? Some call it craziness; Latinos call it "cojones." This funny, fast-paced narrative follows a young man in his search for meaning, adventure, and the best rum in Latin America. Battling rough roads, careening buses, and bribe-taking cops in 14 countries, he discovers breathtaking beauty as well as what it feels like to hit a truck head-on. He and his companions for much of the trip—two bikers he met over the Internet—form an unlikely and amusing trio. In the tradition of Road Fever and Motorcycle Diaries, Odyssey to Ushuaia is a riot for every reader, and absolutely essential for those planning a similar trip. Loaded with insider information such as how to bribe cops and not lose one's savings, how to cross a border without going crazy, how to handle an accident, and much more, it also features an appendix with the detailed trip lists from all three riders.

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Edition
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Subtopic
Travel

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. 1. To Boldly Go Where Other People Already Live
  7. 2. The Welding Prodigy
  8. 3. Attack of the Flesh-Eating Minnows
  9. 4. Moto Monks and Border Bastards
  10. 5. Tramitadores in the Mist
  11. 6. Riding the Whore of Babylon
  12. 7. The Quest for the Kawasaki Dealer
  13. 8. Beauty and Bogotá
  14. 9. How Peter and Robert Plunged into a Volcanic Crater
  15. 10. The Desecrator of Chan Chan
  16. 11. Zen and the Art of the Inelastic Collision
  17. 12. Beware of Falling Tourists
  18. 13. The World’s Most Dangerous Road
  19. 14. The World’s Saltiest Hotel
  20. 15. The Place Where Bikes Go to Heal
  21. 16. Bad News in Buenos Aires
  22. 17. The End of the Road
  23. Appendix I: Detailed Trip Lists
  24. Appendix II: Evaluation of Equipment
  25. Epilogue
  26. Index