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| Jupiter's Travels | 
 enlarge | Author: Ted Simon
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Category: Book
List Price: £8.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 924
Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Pages: 448
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 0140054103
Dewey Decimal Number: 910.41
EAN: 9780140054101
ASIN: 0140054103
Publication Date: July 10, 1980
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Signs of wear on cover but book spine intact and no marking
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| Customer Reviews:
Jupiter v Charlie & Ewan December 11, 2004
45 out of 46 found this review helpful
Why did Charlie and Ewan set off on "The Long Way Round" I will bet it was all down to Ted Simon and Jupiters Travels. I first read this book in 1979 and have always held a copy. It is not a travel guide but an insight into one man and his endurance to circumnavigate the globe in an age when Triumph motorcycles were a force to be reconed with. Charlie and Ewan only went from England to America as a team with a back up crew and a photographer. Ted did it by himself with just a Triumph and the help of locals along the way.
Guess who Charlie and Ewan met along the way, yes Ted Simons.
Before Marriage and Kids, Ted did my dream.
A book that you can't put down.
Essential reading! July 14, 2002
24 out of 25 found this review helpful
I was given this book by a friend, whilst hospitalised for a few weeks due to a motorcycling mishap, in 1986. Ted Simon`s account of his journey is deeply moving, and says more about the human condition than any number of academic psychological textbooks. Anyone who feels trapped in the endless routine of work/bed/work... should read this book. It`ll help to free you - in your mind at least!
My favourite travel book.Un-put-downable May 19, 2002
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
See, feel, smell & taste your way around the world with this fabulous account.Ted Simon just totally connects with the reader & instanly you are there with him. A quarter of a century after the actual journey the whole book is still relevant.It's amazing how many of the dangerous hot-spots are still hot.The characters he meets reflect their surroundings & vice versa, but in many cases are ignorant & unaware that they do. A tremendous look at the human species & the world we inhabit & try to shape.Brilliant!
Great if you love travel and anecdotes abut far flung places January 11, 2002
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
You don't have to ride or even like motorbikes to enjoy the adventures which ted Simon gets up to whilst travelling the world on his Triumph. You sense the simple generosity of people in darkest Africa, the camaraderie of Aussies in the outback and the sense of open air adventure which this book imbibes.
Most compelling book i've ever read May 10, 2001
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
I came to this site, trying to find out what happened to Ted Simons. I've just read this book again, probably 7th time now over the last 15 years and find it impossable to put down every time. The first time it enspired me to go on my own overland travel experience which i will be eternally grateful to Ted SImons. A fantastic book, try the subsequent book "Riding Home", which i am also just re-reading. I'm glad to see from the other responses here, that he's still at it, anyone got more information on his latest trip?
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