Cycling Home from Siberia (a book)

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I know better, but I read a great book by Rob Lilwall, a geography teacher in England. He cycled home from Siberia, via Japan, South Korea, China, the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Southeast Asia, Tibet, Nepal, Singapore, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, and on through eastern Europe, western Europe, and home to London.

He learned to say hello in 21 languages. He stayed with over 200 different people. He gave over 70 lectures, to help fund his trip, along the way. He sent thousands of emails home. He raised over $34,000 for charity. He spent his entire life savings on the trip, about $12,000. But mostly, he had 157 tire punctures on his three and a half year journey over 30,000 miles, on a single bicycle. The bicycle's name was Alanis, after the singer.

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Personally, I think he is crazy. But in some strange way, I also envy him, his endurance, his spirit, and his creative survival skills. On this trip, he was robbed at gunpoint, caught malaria, and met his future wife. National Geographic made a six part series about the journey.
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