Distant Suns, Sam Manicom
Distant Suns, Sam Manicom
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Distant Suns
Adventure in the vastness of Africa and South America

Author: Sam Manicom

Narrator: Sam Manicom

Unabridged: 13 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Sam Manicom

Published: 04/14/2016


Synopsis

Sam Manicom’s dynamic third book transports you to Southern Africa, South and Central America. Sam has a gift for describing the vibrancy of people and places, and you are led effortlessly through three very different parts of the world by his enthusiasm and his acute observations. Human behaviour, drama, passion, disaster, humour, and the pure adrenaline buzz of overlanding such far-flung, wild and exotic places are all here.This thought provoking mix is brought alive by both his descriptive, which can make the mouth water or the hairs on the back of the neck crawl, and the historical titbits and cultural notes about the people and places he visits. Distant Suns highlights the joys of traveling with others and how, when you are with others, you often do and see things you otherwise may not have done; but also touches on the added stress that comes with traveling in groups – even small groups.Unlike his two previous books, Sam travels with a companion, Birgit, who you’ll have met during the course of his previous book ‘Under Asian Skies’. In part, Distant Suns is the story of how boy meets girl, both endowed with a mile-wide streak of wanderlust, and both fiercely independent, but learning to live together on the road, and saving each other's lives on occasion. Birgit catches your attention right away with her incredible initiative and capability with her bike. Yet she’d only been riding a bike for 600 miles when they arrived in Kenya at the beginning of this journey.Sam and Birgit’s adventures are never without peril, but the attitude they have is what makes them terrific world travelers. Over the course of three years a lot of things can and do go wrong, but Sam and Birgit don’t let any of them stop them from completing their journey. When Paul Theroux wrote, “Take the leap. Go as far as you can. Try staying out of touch. Become a stranger in a strange land,” he could have been describing Distant Suns. ©2008 Sam H.N. Manicom (P)2016 Sam N.H. Manicom

Reviews

Goodreads review by David on September 02, 2020

Sam’s third book was a bit different from his first two EPIC adventures… This time the story (3rd of 4 books spanning 200,000 miles over eight years of adventuring) picks up pretty much where the last one left off. Travelling now with Sam and his beloved Birgit on two bikes! This third book takes you......more

Goodreads review by Gunnar on November 23, 2021

Sam´s and Birgit´s third book, Distant Suns takes us on his and Birgit's journey from Mombasa, Kenya to South Africa via Cruise Ship (!) To South America and further south to then head north towards Mexico. I am very impressed with Birgit, who drives a very slightly modified BMW R60 / 5 from 1971! She......more

Goodreads review by Tonx on February 02, 2023

Would have enjoyed more descriptions of the random people in the places he visited.......more

Goodreads review by David on November 23, 2022

Great read, wonderful storytelling. In my opinion much better than Ted Simon, less tedious self introspection and more about the places and the things he sees.......more

Goodreads review by Ron on July 03, 2016

Good to revisit the places I travelled through in South America in the eighties and see them again through someone else's eyes.......more