The Wind in My Wheels (PB) - Description
As a young girl, Josie Dew developed an overpowering urge to travel. She also
fell out of a fast-moving vehicle and, rather inconveniently, developed a
lifelong aversion to cars. Along came her first bicycle, and she has never
looked back. Four continents, thirty-six countries and eighty thousand miles
worth of astounding adventures, eccentric characters, varied cultures and
ever-enduring optimism are the result of her travels.
From Saharan locust invasions to tree-climbing goats, and a customs official
who wouldn't let her leave India because 'You are making me a very fine wife',
her encounters are described with honesty, wit and perception. Strange incidents
and bizarre circumstances punctuate her journeys: in Nepal she met a team of
Frenchmen running from Paris to China, and a cyclist on his way from one Olympic
Games to the next. In Udaipur she was greeted by everyone with the refrain
'Hello Mr. Jamie Bond Octopussy filmed here', whilst her view of post-Ceausescu
Romania, a nation suffering and starving, affected her both physically and
mentally.
THE WIND IN MY WHEELS is informative, illuminating, and ceaselessly amusing.
