A friend of mine asked if I had read Jupiter's Travels....I had not heard of it - so found this book and just finished reading....In my preparation for RTW, I've researched bikes, camp gear, paperwork, clothes, etc...etc...and watched hours of vids on folk doing this right now - but it never occurred to me to read a book about it - an error for sure.

Jupiter's Travels got deep into the psychology and emotions of being disconnected for long periods of time...and I NEEDED to read this.

Seeking more. Any suggestions of other books of this nature that you've read, please let me know. I devoured Jupiter in a few days....MORE!!!

I have not left yet (next year) - but the effects of dismantling my life, living and relationships in preparation is already making things weird...both good and unexpected. What a strange and wonderful trip this life be......

There are a lot of good books.

One of my favorite is
Lone Rider by Elspeth Beard.

https://www.elspethbeard.com

Another trip done before internet, GPS, mobile phones....
And done on a low budget, without any sponsorship

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Very different from trips with support vehicle, sponsorship, sattelite phones and a lot of things arranged,


Another of my favoirites is

The long way home. Sydney to London
https://www.amazon.com/Long-Ride-Hom...4725943&sr=8-7

There are many more... depends on your taste

Anything by Chris Scott and Tom Sheppard

I agree with the above suggestions.

I'm also a Sam Manicom fan.

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10 years on 2 wheels by Helge Pedersen

Started 1981 riding a BMW R80GS for 10 years across five continents and 77 countries

ISBN-10: ‎ 0944958389 / ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0944958384

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvNwK5XZW48

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helge_Pedersen

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The Rugged Road by Theresa Wallach

2 women riding a 600 cc single-cylinder Panther with sidecar and hanger from London to Cape Town with sahara crossing in 1934

ISBN-10: ‎ 0956497527 / ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0956497529

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresa_Wallach

Impressions of original footage(silent b/w):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aST1htAkJlo
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One Man Caravan by Robert Edison Fulton

Riding a 2 cylinder Douglas around the world in 1932/33

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1884313051 / ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1884313059

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Edison_Fulton_Jr.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of2acQ4LQKI
(check out his motorcycle gear fitting picture at 0:38)


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I am a travel books/travel report collector and checking antiquarian bookshops or resellers of used books like

https://www.abebooks.com/books/used-books.shtml
https://bookscouter.com/
https://www.booklooker.de/pages/translation.php
https://www.eurobuch.de/

is a good way to find books in good conditions out of print for years.

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Thanks for the suggestions. I've decided to get a Kindle reader or Kobo to load books up on. And this will also become my main reading source while travelling. You can load PDFs into this - thus I can load up tons of manuals, including for the motorcycle - and have them with me.

Once I get this I will start a collection of all these books.....Can hardly wait to get reading.

Another world. Each time you dive into something new in the digital world - there's a mess of stuff to figure out. So many formats.. where to buy, how to find free or cheap - and then find what you want...

I bought the Kobo Libra H2o. First use, I like it. Small, very portable, easy to read, flexible setup...But can't buy books directly on the Kobo - I don't use credit cards - so only buy on-line...paypal. Another account to manage. Then what do you do if the ebook you want is only on Kindle - well, either use another reading medium, or download a program that beats the DRM and converts the format - just so you can use just one device. At least digital music plays on just about anything.

I've started reading One Man Caravan - and just got Elspeth Beard's book - its on kindle - say no more....

I usually use more on audiobooks during travelling, because we can use it anywhere:

- traffic jams
- construction site, blocked roads
- border waiting line(s) where nobody can talk your language
- during driving in not so interesting surroundings
- watching the waves, animals, humans

But since I got an ebook reader (for last birthday) - i love that too. It let you go deeper into, because you cant do anything else at the same time. Even deeper than the experience of watching the audio book with cloesed eyes.

It is funny, but I like to consume more "non travel related" topics. From thrillers, to fantasy or even soft horror audio books like from steven king.

Audio/ebooks with travelling topics are "too near" to my experiences on my trip, what would bring me to compare or just "distract" my from my own travelling experience.

If you like a good extended trip partner on audio/ebook, then give at example "The Riyria revelations" from Michael J. Sullivan a try. It opens a own beautiful world in the "lord of the ring" style over three books.

If you go the Kindle/Audible ebook/audiobook path you can easily switch instantly from reading/hearing and back, without even need to know on which captitle, book or site you was (soon you get your devices synchronized Online with Hotspot or Hostel Wifi).

The bikers will like, that they can use everything too on the Smartphone apps, without the need of carrying an additional ebook player and to maintain them too with electric joice. But an Ebook Reader with Inkpaper Feeling - is the better experience, will work under direct sunlight, or at dark with white letters it didnt get so much attraction for others nearby (from humans to mosquitos).

Surfy

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Since 2012 I am into ebooks and meanwhile I am still using a old kobo aura ebook reader from 2014. It´s only black/white but software is super stable and build in battery was easy to replace.

PDF use isn`t very comfortable and thats why i use my iphone/ipad mainly for this format. With IOS basic book app you can easily read epubs on Iphone/Ipad.(btw, you can use siri to read an ebook to you...)

Ebook format I use on the kobo is mostly epub. Only a few are pdfs. As an addicted reader I started in 2012 with a free ebook manager called calibre.
https://calibre-ebook.com/

Calibre is a cool tool because you build up your own libary from different formats like epub, epub3, pdf, kindle, rtf, etc and it is getting regulary updates.
As a long time user I have no hesitation to recommend this software!

Check this short video to get an overview about the features:
https://calibre-ebook.com/demo

Best are the add ons you can install to convert from any format to epub for example. Also I only use DRM free ebooks; means if I have e.g. an ebook from amazon in kindle format, I simply kill all DRM and convert into epub. I don`t like DRM and I do not accept the restrictions in use between an ebook and a paper book. It´s done in 3 minutes.

So you can buy where you want whatever you want. Or you can download anything from the various sources you will find somewhere in the net if you go hunting for it.

All my ebooks in calibre are tagged. I can find any book fast and easy by using the build in search option. This only works fine when you build it up your data base from start on!

For traveling I take my reaserach data made with word or pages and I use calibre to convert into an ebook/epub. All informations incl. maps pics are hazzle free and fast accessible on an ebook reader and on an Iphone/Ipad.



For my music and audio books libary I use Itunes because I didn`t find a better working solution yet. I have tried some audio books managers but with more than 500 of them none worked very well. A decade ago I ripped my complete cd music collection to lossless format. Converted all to MP3 and imported than into itunes. Same I did with my vinyl collection. (Heard that itunes maximum number of audio files is limited to 100.000)

All my files of ebooks, audio books, music and my movie collection are stored on my private NAS which is connected to the internet and accessible for me from anywhere where I have an internet connection.

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"One Man Caravan by Robert Edison Fulton"

I was also going to suggest this book. I have read it through a couple of times over the last 25 years, and it's really an amazing adventure that he completed, especially considering when he did it.

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More than half way through.....what a different world he rode thru...

The Last Hurrah by Des Molloy.
Two old blokes riding a Norton and a Panther from Beijing to Arnhem.

The Land Beyond the Ridge by Roy K Battson.
A motorcycle memoir going from 1911 to 1973.

The Blue Highways by William Least Heat-Moon.
Not a motorcycling travel book, but some interesting philosophy on travel and a world that is disappearing in our life-times.

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That one is definitely a good read. A laid-off English teacher goes travelling around the continental USA during the mid-70s on the backroad "blue highways" in an old van. It was really interesting to read his chats with various folks in small-town America. It's been 20 years since I read it; I should track down a copy and read it again.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Highways

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Bruce Clarke - 2020 Yamaha XV250

What is this madness of pricing on books lately???
https://www.amazon.com/One-Caravan-I.../dp/1884313051

Amazon has never been a value option to look for old books.

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-sear...robert-edison/

Assume by your nick that you are from UK. Check out booktown Sedbergh:
https://www.sedbergh.org.uk/book-town/

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