Motorcycle Messengers

"Motorcycle Messengers" is a collection of travel stories from some of the leading writers in the genre . . . plus a few people you've never heard of. Consider it a sample pack of authors. Stuff a copy into your saddlebag, read a story by the fire, and discover your new favourite motorcycle travel writer. Lois Pryce exploits her dead grandmother and an imaginary husband to access the Congo. Neil Peart finds his rhythm through the curves of North Carolina. Geoff Hill breaks a Royal Enfield, falls in love, and becomes a hookah hooligan in Iran. Mark Richardson puts his foot up and makes connections in Rwanda. Christopher P. Baker nearly crashes as he crushes crustaceans in Cuba. Ted Simon ponders humanity while observing a rescue at sea off the coast of Malaysia.

Motorcycle Messengers is a collection of travel stories from some of the leading writers in the genre ... plus a few people you've never heard of. Consider it a sample pack of authors. Read a story by the fire and discover your new favourite motorcycle travel writer.Lois Pryce exploits her dead grandmother and an imaginary husband to access the Congo.Neil Peart finds his rhythm through the curves of North Carolina.Paddy Tyson numbs his fear of crocodiles with a few drinks in Australia.Carla King rides with a screaming, doped-up trucker in China.Sam Manicom is forced out of country by the military in Sudan.Geoff Hill breaks a Royal Enfield, falls in love, and becomes a hookah hooligan in Iran.Jeremy Kroeker yearns to slap a rain gear designer in Slovenia.Ted Bishop tricks himself into one final ride through the United States.Mark Richardson puts his foot up and makes connections in Rwanda.Jordan Hasselmann stares down the barrel of a wooden gun - and possibly a real one, too - in Guatemala.Christopher P. Baker nearly crashes as he crushes crustaceans in Cuba.Ted Simon ponders humanity while observing a rescue at sea off the coast of Malaysia.

Motorcycle Messengers 2is another collection of stories from some of the leading writers in the motorcycle travel genre. Consider it a sample pack of travel tales. Billy Ward spends a night out beside a broken motorcycle, considering defense strategies against hungry lions and lascivious hippos in Africa. Carla King wrestles with conflicting emotions after crashing her motorcycle in India. Sam Manicom battles bulldust and heat exhaustion in the outback of Australia. Lois Pryce bonds with a one-legged retired army General while singing "The Final Countdown" in Iran. Ed March gets a drunken idea for a stupid, pointless adventure and, in spite of sobering up later, still carries on with it in Mongolia. Jeremy Kroeker discovers that his days of crashing motorcycles are not yet behind him in Colombia. Ted Simon encounters a healer, of sorts, who helps restore in him a sense of wonder for the journey in Thailand.

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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