Cycling Home from Siberia 30,000 miles, 3 years, 1 bicycle

by Lilwall, Rob

• ISBN13: 9781451607864
• ISBN10: 1451607865
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-04-05
• Publisher: Howard Books

Summary

A gripping story of endurance and adventure, this is also a spiritual journey with poignant insight into life in some of the world's toughest corners.

Author Biography

Prior to cycling home from Siberia, Rob Lilwall was a door-to-door salesman in California and then a geography teacher in England. As well as continuing to go on expeditions and giving motivational talks worldwide, Rob now lives for most of the year in Hong Kong where he and his wife are the national directors of the children's charity Viva.

Table of Contents

England-Siberia
Over Mordor	p. 3
How Will I Die?	p. 6
The Road of Bones	p. 13
The Fateful Quantitative Biology Lecture	p. 17
Siberia-Japan
One Day in the Life of a Siberian Cyclist	p. 27
Learning Not to Fall	p. 33
The Turnoff of Doom	p. 36
Prayers	p. 40
The Winter Road	p. 45
Learning Not to Sweat at -40°C	p. 51
The Budgerigar and the Naked Weatherman	p. 59
Anger Rising	p. 65
Sixty-seven Miles of Snow, Sweat, and Exhaustion	p. 70
Vodka and the Handgun	p. 75
The Fire	p. 81
Alive	p. 87
Statistics for Parts One & Two: Siberia	p. 90
Japan-South Korea-China-Hong Kong
Bienvenu au Japon	p. 93
A Fracturing Friendship	p. 99
Alone	p. 105
The Naked Cyclists	p. 110
A Cyclist's Revenge	p. 114
The Biggest Church and the Tallest Flagpole	p. 118
Rivers of Jostling Spokes	p. 124
ôVery Boring with a Lot of French Kissing…ö	p. 131
Mr. Bean on the Backroads of China	p. 138
The Boat and the Girl	p. 144
Statistics for Part Three: Japan-South Korea-China-Hong Kong	p. 152
Hong Kong-the Philippines-Indonesia-Papua New Guinea
Six Days in the Life of a Siberian Sailor	p. 155
The Street Children of Manila	p. 160
The Al-Jamar	p. 165
ôI Don't Mean to Be Negative, But…ö	p. 169
Lost	p. 176
The Beach Road and the Rascals	p. 185
The Hungarian and the Jet Ski	p. 189
The Priest Who Dodged Bullets	p. 192
Kokoda	p. 198
ôI've Had Enough of This Stupid Bike Rideö	p. 204
The Worst City in the World	p. 209
Statistics for Part Four: Hong Kong-the Philippines-Indonesia-Papua New Guinea	p. 214
Australia
Cyclone Larry	p. 217
Four Months Later	p. 224
An Uncontrollable Shivering	p. 227
The Nullarbor Plain	p. 230
What Ships Are Made For	p. 235
Statistics for Part Five: Australia	p. 238
Singapore-India
A Date in Singapore	p. 214
The Man Who Forgave	p. 244
Chinese Intestines	p. 251
Tire Tracks in the Snow	p. 255
No Longer Alone	p. 259
Trespassers on the Roof of the World	p. 264
The Forbidden Photo	p. 266
The Hobbit House	p. 273
The Highest Capital in the World	p. 280
The Scary Thought	p. 285
The Headwind Highway	p. 288
The Story of the Healed Heart	p. 292
The Land Where Might Is Right	p. 296
Tragic News	p. 300
Statistics for Part Six: Singapore-India	p. 302
India-England
The Golden Temple	p. 305
The Five Pillars of Islam	p. 308
Persecution in Islamabad	p. 315
To the Point of Tears	p. 319
Fear and Compromise on the Khyber Pass	p. 323
Kabul	p. 330
A Short Ride in the Hindu Kush	p. 336
Alexander and Roxana	p. 344
Golden Journey	p. 349
Renaming the Months	p. 356
Two Ayatollahs (on a Wall)	p. 359
Iranian Police	p. 365
Nonstop Agony Tours	p. 374
Last Day in the Life of a Siberian Cyclist	p. 383
Statistics for Part Seven: India-England	p. 387
Epilogue	p. 388
Statistics Overall: Cycling Home from Siberia	p. 392
Acknowledgments	p. 393
Notes	p. 395
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