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Sovietrek: A Journey by Bicycle Across Russia

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What is often missing in writings about Russia is a vision of the people as generous. In this book, an interest in outsiders and a willingness to share often meager resources characterize the people.

There are plenty of stunning photographs and descriptions of the trials endured by the travelers. Bugs and mud come to mind. One gets a strong sense of the excitement and adventure that motivated the guys to take the trek.

A child of eight or ten could handle this book, but for an adult of twenty-eight, it was still interesting.

Wonderul book on a simply amazing bicycle trek. Pictures were stunners. This man has biked from the polar regions to Tierra del Fuego, circumnavigated the globe, of which the journey across Russia was but a part, and biked the length of the African continent. Incredible feats, hardships, and adventures. Immensely enjoyable for all ages.

This book is a lot of fun to read, especially for those with an interest in Russia or bicycle travels, or both. It's a quick read -- mostly photos, but with enough narrative to convey the sense of adventure (and sometimes physical pain and exhaustion) entailed in riding most of the way across the world's largest continent. The roads in Siberia were not good, and sometimes non-existent, but through resourcefulness and timely help by equally resourceful Soviet citizens, they made it all the way across.