The Hungry Cyclist: Pedalling The Americas In Search Of The Perfect Meal

图书信息

作者	Tom Kevill Davies
出版社	Collins
ISBN	9780007362820
出版时间	2010-01-28
字数	59.0万
分类	进口书,外文原版书,家居,园艺,旅游

读书简介

Over 100,000 miles to cover, one man, one bike and one hungry stomach. Having created his alter-ego, the Hungry Cyclist and with thousands of pedal-powered miles before him, Tom Kevill-Davies pushed off from New York City on one of the most ambitious gastronomic adventures ever undertaken. A ballsy travel memoir The Hungry Cyclist follows Tom's adventure into the hearts and minds of the people he meets. Revealing the diverse cultures of the Americas, Tom’s journey from over the Rockies to Baja California, through Central America down all the way to Brazil via Colombia, gives the real flavour of this truly extraordinary landmass. This is a tale of death-battles with squadrons of mosquitoes, malodorous public toilets, of galloping dysentery one day, to drowning your sorrows with cowboys and dining with beauty queens the next. But above all it is an ambitious story of getting to where you want to be - even if you have to endure cactus-induced punctures, unforgiving desert heat, uphill struggles through never-ending cocaine plantations, or artfully dodge hungry bears, neurotic RV-driving Americans, angry rabid dogs and run-ins with local law authorities in the process. An amazing tale of what can happen when you get on your bike and go.

目录

Cover

Title Page

Contents

Dedication

Prologue

Chapter 1 - All the Gear and No Idea

Chapter 2 - Rodeo Ga Ga

Chapter 3 - A Rocky Road

Chapter 4 - California Dreaming

Chapter 5 - Cycling the Baja

Chapter 6 - ¡Ándale! ¡Ándale! ¡Aribba! ¡Aribba!

Chapter 7 - Central America

Chapter 8 - Cartagena to Quito

Chapter 9 - The Amazon

Chapter 10 - Brazil

Glossary

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Copyright

About the Publisher