Mayhem, mirth, and adventure follow two riders across two continents. Jack and Marcin set off for Thailand thinking they were prepared, more or less, but mostly less. This story if full of mishaps and triumphs told in an amusing self-deprecating style. Here is an honest overla...
Mayhem, mirth, and adventure follow two riders across two continents. Jack and Marcin set off for Thailand thinking they were prepared, more or less, but mostly less. This story if full of mishaps and triumphs told in an amusing self-deprecating style. Here is an honest overla...Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
A. P. Atkinson, known as Jack to his friends for some inexplicable reason, was born in London in the latter part of the twentieth century. The majority consensus is that this was probably a bad move on his part. Coming from a family of motorcyclists, he had an early interest in things with a wheel at each end. His father was an engineer and his uncle was renown for drunken bar fights and riding too fast, in no particular order. They encouraged him with a box of parts and the promise that there was a bike in there somewhere. There mostly was, and he built his first motorcycle at the age of sixteen and has built many more since; some even worked. Several engineering disasters later, and a few drunken bar fights, he fostered a passion for not crashing through hedges while riding sports-bikes at speeds upon which the law frowns. His other passion is writing, for which he discovered he had a little talent, at least more talent than he displayed at not crashing through hedges. At the age of eleven he grumbled to a friend about the quality of a story he had read. His friend challenged him to do better, which set him on a lifelong quest to live the life of an impoverished writer. After creating a number of fictional stories that awkwardly blended science-fiction with motorcycles, he gave up and decided to find somewhere to quietly drink himself to death. When he finally decided to leave London and discover what was actually out there, it all naturally came together: motorcycles, questionable ethics, a dubious grasp of grammar, a passion for telling stories, and absolutely no clue about what he was going to do next.
Inhaltsangabe
About the Author v 1 An Itch that Needed Scratching 1 2 Other Options 7 3 Every Great Journey Begins with a Single Mistake 17 4 Some Dishes are Best Served Cold 27 5 A Change Is as Good as a Rest, But a Rest is Better 33 6 Tied Up and Down 41 7 And So It Begins 47 8 The Rain in Prague Falls Mainly on the Adventure Motorcyclists 53 9 A Difference of Scale 61 10 Oh Dear 69 11 The Rules of the Road 77 12 Live Life Till You Die of It 87 13 The Descent 95 14 Values 107 15 Never Believe the Touts 117 16 Fools and Their Money 129 17 Salty Cheese 139 18 The Worst Thing that Could Happen Is Nothing 151 19 Turning that Frown Upside-Down 163 20 Finding Yourself Lost 171 21 The Road To, From, and Around Nowhere 183 22 Iran Turns Nasty 191 23 How the Other Half Lives 199 24 A Good Day 213 25 A River Runs through It 227 26 The Lucky Pen 235 27 More of the Same 247 28 Always Wear Your Helmet 253 29 My Love Affair with India Begins 263 30 Anything that Makes Pakistan Look Okay Can't Be Good 273 31 Insanity, and Plenty of It 281 32 The End of My Rope 287 33 The Day from Hell, Part One 295 34 The Day from Hell, Part Two 303 35 The Last Leg Up 313 36 Nepalese Boxing 321 37 Bullet Time 329 38 Flying Is No Way to Travel 337 39 Predictable Stress, Stress, and More Stress 345 40 Guinness Is a Poor Substitute for a Working Clutch 353 41 Hitting Things with a Large Spanner 357 42 The Monster 363 43 No Kind of Fruit Is Safe from Marcin's Huge Weapon 369 44 Falling Action 377 45 The Perfect Crime 383 46 Goodbye 389 The End-That Was Then, This Is Now 395
About the Author v 1 An Itch that Needed Scratching 1 2 Other Options 7 3 Every Great Journey Begins with a Single Mistake 17 4 Some Dishes are Best Served Cold 27 5 A Change Is as Good as a Rest, But a Rest is Better 33 6 Tied Up and Down 41 7 And So It Begins 47 8 The Rain in Prague Falls Mainly on the Adventure Motorcyclists 53 9 A Difference of Scale 61 10 Oh Dear 69 11 The Rules of the Road 77 12 Live Life Till You Die of It 87 13 The Descent 95 14 Values 107 15 Never Believe the Touts 117 16 Fools and Their Money 129 17 Salty Cheese 139 18 The Worst Thing that Could Happen Is Nothing 151 19 Turning that Frown Upside-Down 163 20 Finding Yourself Lost 171 21 The Road To, From, and Around Nowhere 183 22 Iran Turns Nasty 191 23 How the Other Half Lives 199 24 A Good Day 213 25 A River Runs through It 227 26 The Lucky Pen 235 27 More of the Same 247 28 Always Wear Your Helmet 253 29 My Love Affair with India Begins 263 30 Anything that Makes Pakistan Look Okay Can't Be Good 273 31 Insanity, and Plenty of It 281 32 The End of My Rope 287 33 The Day from Hell, Part One 295 34 The Day from Hell, Part Two 303 35 The Last Leg Up 313 36 Nepalese Boxing 321 37 Bullet Time 329 38 Flying Is No Way to Travel 337 39 Predictable Stress, Stress, and More Stress 345 40 Guinness Is a Poor Substitute for a Working Clutch 353 41 Hitting Things with a Large Spanner 357 42 The Monster 363 43 No Kind of Fruit Is Safe from Marcin's Huge Weapon 369 44 Falling Action 377 45 The Perfect Crime 383 46 Goodbye 389 The End-That Was Then, This Is Now 395
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