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Reading material suggestions

A friend of mine asked if I had read Jupiter's Travels....I had not heard of it - so found this book and just finished reading....In my preparation for RTW, I've researched bikes, camp gear, paperwork, clothes, etc...etc...and watched hours of vids on folk doing this right now - but it never occurred to me to read a book about it - an error for sure.

Jupiter's Travels got deep into the psychology and emotions of being disconnected for long periods of time...and I NEEDED to read this.

Seeking more. Any suggestions of other books of this nature that you've read, please let me know. I devoured Jupiter in a few days....MORE!!!

I have not left yet (next year) - but the effects of dismantling my life, living and relationships in preparation is already making things weird...both good and unexpected. What a strange and wonderful trip this life be......
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Many books

There are a lot of good books.

One of my favorite is
Lone Rider by Elspeth Beard.

https://www.elspethbeard.com

Another trip done before internet, GPS, mobile phones....
And done on a low budget, without any sponsorship

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Very different from trips with support vehicle, sponsorship, sattelite phones and a lot of things arranged,


Another of my favoirites is

The long way home. Sydney to London
https://www.amazon.com/Long-Ride-Hom...4725943&sr=8-7

There are many more... depends on your taste
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Anything by Chris Scott and Tom Sheppard
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I agree with the above suggestions.

I'm also a Sam Manicom fan.
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10 years on 2 wheels by Helge Pedersen

Started 1981 riding a BMW R80GS for 10 years across five continents and 77 countries

ISBN-10: ‎ 0944958389 / ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0944958384

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvNwK5XZW48

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helge_Pedersen

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The Rugged Road by Theresa Wallach

2 women riding a 600 cc single-cylinder Panther with sidecar and hanger from London to Cape Town with sahara crossing in 1934

ISBN-10: ‎ 0956497527 / ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0956497529

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresa_Wallach

Impressions of original footage(silent b/w):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aST1htAkJlo
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One Man Caravan by Robert Edison Fulton

Riding a 2 cylinder Douglas around the world in 1932/33

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1884313051 / ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1884313059

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Edison_Fulton_Jr.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of2acQ4LQKI
(check out his motorcycle gear fitting picture at 0:38)


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I am a travel books/travel report collector and checking antiquarian bookshops or resellers of used books like

https://www.abebooks.com/books/used-books.shtml
https://bookscouter.com/
https://www.booklooker.de/pages/translation.php
https://www.eurobuch.de/

is a good way to find books in good conditions out of print for years.
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Thanks for the suggestions. I've decided to get a Kindle reader or Kobo to load books up on. And this will also become my main reading source while travelling. You can load PDFs into this - thus I can load up tons of manuals, including for the motorcycle - and have them with me.

Once I get this I will start a collection of all these books.....Can hardly wait to get reading.
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