Hike, Drive, Stayin' Alive!: 10 Stories of Adventure

by The Raven Brothers, Simon Raven, Chris Raven

Overview

Out of shape and unprepared, The Raven Brothers return to the road in a collection of ten quests to travel to their dream destinations against all odds! After two decades pioneering new routes across the globe, you would expect the authors of Driving the Trans-Siberian to be hotshot explorers, with a sixth sense and an ability to survive in almost any situation. Think again! With virtually zero knowledge of the workings of the internal combustion engine and very limited skills of wilderness survival, Simon and Chris struggle into their hiking boots and power across three continents by river, tarmac and trail. Venture to the top of Norway, cruise the road to Damascus, hike the Camino trail into Spain's Wild West, row the Ganges, explore Frida Kahlo's world in Mexico City, hangout with the dead in Sicily's eerie catacombs, crawl deep inside Bolivia's notorious silver mine, seek lions in Gujarat, wellness in Berlin and journey into the Naga Hills where tribal kings still rule. Noted by Lonely Planet for their talent to portray an "accurate view of what to expect", Hike, Drive, Stayin' Alive! signals a return to the duo writing "buttock clenching" travel comedy with the first in a series of candid stories of adventure by The Raven Brothers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781739745851
Publisher:	Samosir Books
Publication date:	02/25/2022
Pages:	158
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.37(d)

About the Author

The Raven Brothers were born in the United Kingdom. The first published work by the authors, Living the Linger, tells the story of lost love and a search for the truth during a road trip from Seattle to Los Angeles through backcountry USA. The publication of Driving the Trans- Siberian a year later, established the brothers as travel writers following a life-altering drive from the UK to Vladivostok in a rusty Ford Sierra. Noted by Lonely Planet for their talent to portray an “accurate view of what to expect”, Driving the Trans-Siberian spurred a life on the road. Carnival Express was the concluding title in the Linger Series trilogy, and follows two struggling writers on a quest to traverse the Trans-oceanic highway, from the Pacific to the Atlantic Coast of South America. A period of photojournalism, documenting new and off the beaten track destinations, tribal India, China’s Deep South and Crimea, led to the release of Black Sea Circuit. Seizing a narrow window of opportunity to cross the notorious Caucasus frontier, the book explores great legends from Jason and the Argonauts to a tribe of fierce female warriors known as the Amazons. Hike, Drive, Stayin’ Alive! the duo’s fifth book, is the first in a collection of ten candid stories of adventure by The Raven Brothers.