patlo's Reviews (1.32k)

A fine adventure travel memoir written by a 26-year-old Uruguayan who rides a 1947 Indian motorcycle around the world in the mid 1960s. I*t has the romantic sense of Che Guevarra's journey but with very different outcomes.

I wish that the author had spent more time near the end talking more about his decision to abandon the trip. Many long adventures like this have a moment or a season of hopelessness, and some folks push through that to find a new zest. This author had other (financial, health) challenges, so it's understandable why he chose to do what he did. But I'd have loved to hear more about his thought process there.

I would call this 4.5 stars.