Robert Downes

Robert Downes Downes is the editor and co-publisher of Northern Express Weekly, based in Traverse City.

Through the years, he has backpacked through more than 45 countries, with destinations ranging from the supercities of the Third World to the heart of the American wilderness.

 

Planet Backpacker: Across Europe on a Mountain Bike & Backpacking on Through Egypt, India & Southeast Asia-Around the World (Paperback)

By Robert Downes
$13.95
ISBN-13: 9780982134405
Availability: Out of Print
Published: Not Avail, 12/2008
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SIGNED by Robert Downes

Planet Backpacker is a round-the-world celebration of the backpacking lifestyle enjoyed by an estimated 100,000 travelers at any given moment. The global journey packs everything from a love story to encounters with wild women and dangerous men, history, myth, humor, and thoughts on the traveling life.

The book was written one excerpt at a time in 100 internet cafes around the world as part of a blog written by author Robert Downes on a five-month solo trip around the world. In 2007, the author pedaled a mountain bike across Europe, backpacking on through Egypt, India and Southeast Asia -- around the world.

Planet Backpacker offers an optimistic view of the world and its people with a 'go for it' spirit. If you love literature and travel, you'll enjoy this rallying cry to visit some of the most exotic countries on earth. Completely revised for 2009, with the addition of maps and a 'how to' section for traveling on a budget.