Seeing Myself, Seeing the World: A Woman's Journey Around the World on a Bicycle (Paperback)

by Sally Vantress (Author), Martin Kreig (Editor), Larry Pearson (Editor)

Product Details

• Paperback: 284 pages
• Publisher: S M S W Publishing (December 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1880101076
• ISBN-13: 978-1880101070
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,682,719 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Overcoming your fears and opening new doors, February 13, 2002

By	Ed Bernd Jr. - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Seeing Myself Seeing the World: A Woman's Journey Around the World on a Bicycle (Paperback)

Imagine the amount of courage it takes for a 30 year old banker to give up all security and start a whole new life and career. Imagine that you are a woman, and decide to embark on a trip around the world... on a bicycle! Imagine writing a book about your experiences, and exposing yourself to public criticism and ridicule.
Sally Vantress confronted each of these fears and many more. Sometimes she paid a heavy price. Sometimes she learned important lessons. Sometimes she had huge personal breakthroughs. But the difficulties and the traumas never stopped her from continuing her journey.
She discovered that visualization and imagination are indeed powerful forces. She learned that our thoughts really do affect other people and our relationships with them. Negative thoughts attract fear and failure; positive thoughts help her sell her book to people who will benefit from reading it.
If you enjoy reading a story about self-discovery, courage, initiative and ingenuity, then you will enjoy meeting Sally in the pages of this book. She inspired me to do more with my life than I had been doing. She inspired me to not be afraid to reveal my fears and my weaknesses and my vulnerabilities, for when we truly see ourselves - the weaknesses as well as the strengths - and when we are not afraid to reveal them to others - then we can truly see ourselves and the real world around us.

3.0 out of 5 stars Seeing Myself Seeing the World- A Womnan's journey around the world on a bicycle, August 17, 2006

By	A. Tarvin - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I liked this book as a travelogue. She wasn't trying to sell us on any one place, or any one mode of travel; she just took us through the journey as she lived it- the good and bad adventures, facilities, interactions and scenery.

Because she was traveling alone, talking to herself and her bike and dwelling on her place in the universe became a large part of the experience. Unfortunately that aspect doesn't make for great reading, but it would have been an incomplete story without the inner dialogue. I felt the physical exertion was under-played. All those miles were a major accomplishment.

I liked it mostly because I could easily imagine myself getting shoved around in ticket lines, hanging out too long in a comfortable campground in Portugal, and the bittersweet sensations of giving up new friends as the road beckons.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars what was she thinking?, April 25, 2001

By	gebuh (burlington nj) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Seeing Myself Seeing the World: A Woman's Journey Around the World on a Bicycle (Paperback)

'Seeing Myself' was not in itself a bad read. I appreciated the courage it took to cycle around the world and the effort that went into writing a book about it. What I had trouble with was the author's approach to her journey. On more then 1 occasion she places herself in compromising situations(not including the last one) and appears confused with the results. Her references to protecting herself with "circles of light" were silly. Her inner dialogue screamed "I need a hobby". Overall I was disappointed.