The Road of Dreams: A Two-Year Hiking and Biking Adventure Around the World

A very enjoyable book. Not so deep & philosophical like a Bruce Chatwin or Peter Matthiessen travel journal, but it is much more approachable and readable. He writes the real story about travel - the hassles and hardships you endure to see and experience people and places that forever change the person you are. It inspires us to travel on a budget without trivializing the sheer time and labor involved. Written in a simple, readable style, it is a page turner for sure.

If you're interested in traveling the world, this is the way to do it. This book was inspirational and tremendous.

Bruce & Tass (authors) tell their cycling story in such a way that can only inspire the spirit of travel in each of us! We all dream to experience the world: the authors allow us to travel with them on their bicycles...13 miles/hour...1 new culture a day. Through this narrative and collection of photos we are able to see literaturaly the world thru their legs & eyes...and dream of the day we too can slowly traverse the thousands of miles that we pretend to be obsticles in the pursuit of that dream. i am currently tour-cycling across the united states. started in neah bay, wa and going first to wash. d.c. then to nova scotia, canada...only to bike back to my native minnesota thru canada. 7000 miles in 5 months. have fealt so much of their experience. appreciate their allowing me to follow them along their personal journey into their hearts and around the globe. this book is such a great companion and model for what my trip has been and will be with every mile. thank you!

Bruce Junek writes well, and Tass Thacker's photographs are excellent. They give you a good idea of the people and places they visit. They are also very kind and likable people. Whether they are trekking, biking, meeting the locals, learning the languages, eating the local food (occasionally becoming ill!), you really like these two people. This cannot always be said of other adventurous types who might seem self-centered or petulant. And while not many will want to duplicate their entire trip, there are parts of it that could be easily copied (e.g., Nepal, New Zealand and Australia).Wish they'd had even more time to explore and write about their adventures.

Bruce and Tass relate their experiences biking around the world. Share in their emotions and experiences as they learn more about those with whom we share the planet. They are truly great people with whom I would have gladly travelled. I have met the author (he puts on slide shows for schools) and he is a terrific person. He makes you believe that anyone can do what they did. I didn't want the book to end...I wanted them to keep going