Exciting 43

Yuppie, Christophe Cousin decides to leave an easy life to go to the discovery of others on his bike. And off he went to Paris for a world tour that will last 833 days or about 2 ½ years. It will cross 27 countries and will travel about 30 000 km wheelchair but often by pushing a bike weighing in 80 kg with loading! In many third world countries, it will benefit from a warm hospitality as he will be greeted with stones in Upper Egypt (territory of the Muslim Brotherhood), the Middle East, Jordan and even in some parts of Morocco. It should withstand the cold, thirst, hunger, filth and misery and escape the thieves and crooks of all kinds determined to rob him. He will undergo the pangs of disease and will even imprisoned for 110 days in Syria, paranoia of the authorities causing them to see him as a formidable Israeli spy.
A book very interesting and rather pleasant to read. Such an adventure can only excite a player enamored of adventure and open spaces that has no chance or the courage to go as far and as long. But unfortunately, we go hungry, we would have liked to know much more. Cousin does not extend on the technical details of the case. It remains vague and merely anecdotes without giving us a real log. Countries, entire continents are shipped to the charge in a few pages or a few lines. You do not learn much about the very organization of the trip. Everything seems pretty chopped probably due to the many jumps by plane chips and other means of transport intermediaries. It also seems that he has received a fairly strong endorsement. But not a word about the financing of the trip if it is a list of benefactors to the acknowledgments page. The author remains a purple discretion about so much that it becomes a little frustrating.