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Adventures never come to an easy end. The beached sailor gazes wistfully at the horizon. The house-bound wanderer pines for the road to Xanadu. Simon wound up his epic four-year motorcycle journey around the world to choose marriage and domesticity, but found it harder to end the journey than it had been to begin it. In Riding High, Simon recounts many untold episodes, both dramatic and hilarious, from his "Jupiter" travels, and he interweaves them with scenes from his later efforts to lead a settled existence. The contrast makes it all too clear that great journeys become an expression of life itself, and that, once begun, they continue as long as there is life left.
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Simon is a versatile author who covers diverse subjects, but his preference is writing about his own travels, and the insights they provide. His earlier book, Jupiter's Travels, which is a best seller in Europe, has had a cult following among American motorcyclists for many years, but is only now becoming recognised here as a travel classic. Riding High is a natural companion and sequel to that book.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent follow-up to Jupiter's Travels,
By Mike Truel mtruel@b1b.tinker.af.mil (Oklahoma City, OK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Riding High (Paperback)
Point to ponder: Ted Simon muses that "The interruptions ARE the journey". This book causes one to think about priorities in life and what drives them. Ted writes from a British perspective and humor and provides an insightful description of the real world as he passes through it. He describes his travel brilliantly as penetrating life's mysteries. He has been robbed, imprisoned, threatened and hospitalized. He has gone from ecstatic to despondent, but continued on, speaking to the therapeutic effects the motorcycle had on him (and his digestion). He showed keen insight into his fellow travelers as well as the indigenous peoples he observed in the many locales visited. I enjoyed his command of language and appreciated the level to which he writes. I scrambled for my lexicon and index of foreign phrases, for I enjoy the chase of literature. I was mindful of the BMW Anonymous tradition in which a rider can always find help due to his association with the marque. Ted created his own contact list as he moved along. It seems that we are really on a very small planet. I enjoyed the lessons in cultures such as the four Indian groups and an understanding of the caste system from which escape is impossible. Also, Ted provided valuable and interesting tidbits of history and cultural mores which some might find distasteful but are fascinating to me. This book fills in the gaps left by the first book "Jupiter's Travels. It continues to be an account of contradictions and inner struggles of wants and needs, both real and preceived as he marries and attempts to settle down in California. This is a real guy who suffers like the rest of us and shows us grit. I am envious of his experiences for I know that sharing them vicariously is as close as I will get. Read the book!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Untold stories,,
By A Customer
This review is from: Riding High (Paperback)
How can one possibly expect someone to tell a 4 year journey in one book? Well that's why Ted Simon wrote a "second" Jupiters Travel. If you enjoyed Jupiters Travel, dont hesitate to buy Riding High. It gives you more insight into how Ted travelled, what went on in his mind and life. Especially that he shares his "settling down" years made the book a good read.
5.0 out of 5 stars
For the gypsy in all of us (not just bikers) - a must read!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Riding High (Paperback)
I read this book... oh! so, so many years ago as a fresh undergraduate in England and,twenty years hence,is among the handful of books I remember vividly. I was drawn to the book simply because I had planned a similar trip in 1975(hitch-hiking) and never got to do it. Being from the East I can vouch for a number of his Asian narratives and some of his Mid-Eastern stories (I was later based in that region). His free-wheeeling (no pun intended) style of story telling is punctuated with enough humor and philosophy to make it a wonderful read. Highly recommended!
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