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Down the Road in South America: A Bicycle Tour through Poverty, Paradise, and the Places in Between

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I couldn't stop reading once I started. A great story and he does not try to sell you on particular touring products. Instead of telling the reader how to tour, he explains how to by talking of his experiences. This allows the reader to take away from the book what they want. No disappointment here.

Not since Into Thin Air have I read a book that was so hard to put down. Very well written. Even if you can't appreciate bicycle touring you would still really enjoy the adventure aspect of this book. Can't wait to read the next in the series.

I read the first book before it was on Amazon. Loved it. I just finished this book Down The Road In South America. . . Fantastic. I admire the courage it takes to live out your dreams no matter what other people think and be down to earth about it. If you dream of taking an adventure at some point in your life, read about this one. You'll want to get down the road yourself!!

South America is an incredibly diverse place, filled with both ancient and modern culture. "Down the Road in South America: A Bicycle Tour through Poverty, Paradise, and the Places in Between" is a memoir of adventure, following, Tim and Cindie Travis as they ditched the convenience of North America to embark on a journey southwards. Their trip is filled with excitement and exposure to interesting characters and places, with nearly two hundred black and white photographs. "Down the Road in South America" is a must for anyone considering following their footsteps.

I enjoyed this book as well as their first book. It was great to learn how despite different cultures, language, and financial status human kindness, moroeover, human generosity is quite prevalent around this wonderful world. In addition the reader learns how tough and enduring the authors are on there travels similar to the places and people that they travelled through. What an achievement, cycling around the world the length of time that they did, in addition to correlating their trip into 2 books & self publishing these books.

Once I started reading this book I could not put it down. After reading this book I now am starting to plan my first two bicycle tours this summer. If you are interested in Bike touring I sugest reading this book. I plan on buying the other two books by this author and researching there web site http://www.downtheroad.org/

This book makes for easy reading and excitement on every page. I look forward to this couple's next adventure and being able to read all about their travels by bike in other parts of the world.

Enjoyable and rewarding, like their first book. Have yourself a gritty adventure. Bust your hump on the climbs and feel the wind in your hair on the downgrades. See the real South America. Very nice job.