Book description
One woman, one bike and one richly entertaining, perception-altering journey of discovery.
In 2015, as the Syrian War raged and the refugee crisis reached its peak, Rebecca Lowe set off on her bicycle across the Middle East. Driven by a desire to learn more about this troubled region and its…
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As someone who hasn't owned a bicycle since I was 12 and never rode it further than the local shops, I am in awe of Rebecca Lowe. Not only did she travel a vast distance, but she travelled through some hairy spots on her own, carrying her "home as a tortoise hauls its shell."
I loved her description of why she loves to travel. For me, too, it is all these things. "Ask any traveller, and their answer will most likely be infuriatingly vague: both everything and nothing; to go mad and stay sane. It's a black hole…
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