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Jupiters Travels: Four Years Around the World on a Triumph Paperback – March 22, 2005

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Simon rode a motorcycle around the world in the seventies, when such a thing was unheard of. In four years he covered 78,000 miles through 45 countries, living with peasants and presidents, in prisons and palaces, through wars and revolutions. What distinguishes this book is that Simon was already an accomplished writer. In 25 years this book has changed many lives, and inspired many to travel, including Ewan McGregor.

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A compelling narrative that moves, sometimes at breakneck speed, over some of the world's most beautiful and mysterious terrain ? packed with fascinating detail, splendid characterizations, and hair-raising adventures. (The Boston Globe)

Vivid description of driving under conditions that were often ferocious. (NY Times)

Extremely readable, full of keen observation, perceptive insight ? conveying action, drama, tension and danger. (Los Angeles Times)

The best motorcycle travel book ever written. (Motorcycle Sport)

By all means TAKE THE PLUNGE. (Rider Magazine)

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Born 1931 and raised in London he emerged from World War II with a desperate urge to travel. Was a newspaper and magazine editor, and foreign correspondent, personally restored a 13th century French ruin, pioneered organic agriculture in California, and wrote an authoritative book on water politics. Has just repeated the "Jupiter" journey aged 72. He resides in Round Valley, CA.

Paperback: 456 pages
Publisher: Jupitalia Productions; Revised ed. edition (March 22, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0965478521
ISBN-13: 978-0965478526
Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 0.9 x 8.6 inches
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Average Customer Review: 232 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #61,493 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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- #34 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Individual Sports > Cycling > Excursion Guides
- #35 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Miscellaneous > Motor Sports

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Chris Abraham

A travel journal and ride report written beautifully

October 12, 2016

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I am not quite finished but I have been taking my time with this expansive real-life adventure. While this is, in many ways, a travel journal and ride report, the books is written beautifully. And the level of detail? How could he remember such detail of this travel tapestry. I guess when you really can't go very fast in many places, you spend a lot of time taking photos and notes. On the other hand, some people have amazing memories for details (and there may also be some creative licensing). I still have a lot to go but I am still completely living vicariously. Every time I get onto my touring bike I feel like there's a 10% chance I might start riding and never turn back (that's why I don't carry my passport or too much money with me). Superb.

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Drzbri

I enjoyed the book and just finished it today

July 11, 2018

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I've not read that many books in my life but have recently taken up the hobby of reading books about around the world motorcycle trips since I don't have the time to make the trip myself. I enjoyed the book and just finished it today. This is my third book of its kind. The two prior were less eloquently written and took a more "matter of fact" approach which I kind of prefer. It took a while for me to like Jupiter's Travels but by the end I was completely absorbed by the story. In my opinion the book starts a bit slow and it takes a while to captivate the reader but stick with it and you'll be glad you took the time to read it by the end of the book.

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Dave Murphy

One of the best books I've ever read.

June 27, 2016

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One of the best books I've ever read.
What a great writer Mr. Simon is!
This book is much more about the people he meets, the government bureaucracies, scenery he sees, hotels he stays in,roads he survives and problems and challenges he has along the way as well as his rambling thoughts than it is about the motorcycle. But he does describe the challenges of motorcycling in remote places such as packing tools and spare parts along with clothing and camping gear, frequent falls from the bike, having to buy gasoline from other vehicles when he doesn't have enough, and the various repairs and overhauls that are needed.

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Arthur von Boennighausen

Get your motor running..... Head out on the highway

November 23, 2014

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Friends:

Inspired by this book and several others in 2008 I bought a new BMW R1200 GSA motorcycle which now has over 30,000 miles on the odometer. My wife bought a BMW G650 GS in 2010. We live on an own a Ranch in the remote Sangre de Cristo mountain range of Colorado.

Here are some more of the books that inspired me:

- Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer
- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle maintainance by Robert Pirsig
- The Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto Che Guevara
- Ghostrider by Neil Pearl
- The Long Way Round by Ewan McGregor and Charlie Borman
- The Long Way Down by Ewan McGregor and Charlie Borman
- Blue Highways by William Least Heat Moon
- Mount Analogue by Arthur von Boennighausen

The last two road trips were originally done in Ford and Volkwagen Vans but can be duplicated on a BMW motorcycle. As an Engineer the first book inspired me to study under Tensin Gyatso the XIV Dali Lama of Tibet. To paraphrase Tensin: " Images in the rear view mirror of a motorcycle are closer than they appear..... ".

Google my name to Learn more......

Arthur von Boennighausen

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Adventure classic

December 18, 2016

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Timeless classic. It inspired me to dig my old motorcycle out of the shed and start rebuilding it. There's no time like the present to have adventures and everything doesn't have to go right to make it a fantastic journey.

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J. Blilie

A True Classic of Travel Writing - Make Sure You Read This Book

September 1, 2010

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I don't care if you get it out of the library, borrow it, or whatever, you should read this book. This book should be on everyone's "bucket list."

I just finished rereading it for the nth time and I was just as moved, amazed, and thrilled by the journey (and the good writing) as the first time I read it. I know how the story ends; but I just want to keep on reading and reading and reading.

I rode a bicycle around the world for over two years. Ted Simon captures the feelings of long-distance, long-time traveling like no one else I've ever read (although there are some other great books out there, see below). The thrill of departure, the shock of the new, the wariness of the unsupported traveler in a strange place, the difficulties of language and even alphabet, the fear, the exhaustion, the new-place fatigue, the need to just lie down sometimes, the misery of illness (though he was very lucky there), the numinous joy of the great places and views of the world (sometimes even the most ordinary places), the pleasure in seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting new things, the joy of finding your fellow humans all around the world to be very much like you and enjoyable to meet and know, the incredible education that travel gives you, the powerfully ambivalent feelings of the end of the journey and the return to home-place, never again able to see the world as you once had. The difficult re-birth into the old routines and requirements of your life. His story, especially his description of the end of the journey gives me goosebumps and re-awakens powerful memories of my own journey. As the cliche goes (it's a cliche because it's true) you can never step into the same river twice. The closest you can come is to take someone else to the river and watch them swim.

This book has lost nothing and it never will. It touches the universals of human experience found in travel. We evolved as wandering apes on the plain. It's basic to our bodily fiber.

Very little navel gazing in this book and what little there is is actually worth reading, unlike nearly all travel books I read that were written since Jupiter's Travels.

A true classic. And not the kind you feel obligated to read; but the kind you can't put down. One of the truest books I've ever read. Enjoy.

Some other excellent books about long-distance travel that I highly recommend:

Seven Years in Tibet
Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle
One Man Caravan ("Incredible Journeys" Books)
News from Tartary
Canoeing with the Cree
Sailing Alone Around the World
Two Years Before the Mast (Signet Classics)
Arabian Sands (Penguin Classics)
The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons (Penguin Classics)

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