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Petrovic is a professor of business informatics at the University of Graz and has been taking every opportunity he gets to explore the world on his racing bike for years. The thick, large-format volume "Staunen" documents his travels. The book reflects a great desire to encounter people, places and cultures. "Getting involved with what is" is what he calls his way of travelling. The focus is not on the kilometres covered or the sporting achievements, but on the observations. He organises the illustrated book into chapters such as "Roads and paths", "Hearts and hands", "Eating and sleeping". The texts are precise and the photos are never boring. Coca leaves for breakfast in the Andes, spending the night in Indonesia in accommodation on the water, in a village library or in a tree house in the Amazon, a motorway exit for a doughnut baker on the Adriatic - the list of experiences is as long as it is varied. The 336-page cycling book impresses with its many captivating photos. It offers the reader a fascinating and moving journey around the world and is an absolute recommendation to buy.
Travelling by the author for the bicycle book
Europe: Western Balkans - In nine and a half days to the southern tip of Greece / Great Britain: End-to-end / Eastern Balkans - From Graz to Istanbul / The 50 most beautiful mountain passes / The long-distance journeys: 200-300-400-600-1000 kilometres and Paris-Brest-Paris / North Cape - From the Lofoten Islands to the northern tip of Europe / Baltic Sea: To Kaliningrad to Immanuel Kant.
Asia: Himalayas - Across the roof of the world / Iran - A village every 200 kilometres / South Korea - To the last tank / Japan - From north to south / Palestinian Territories and Israel - Through the centres of resistance / Kyrgyzstan - To the mountain nomads / Siberia - Across Lake Baikal at 45 degrees below zero / China - Along the border with North Korea through Chinese Manchuria / South East Asia: Into the tropical jungle / Azerbaijan - To the highest village and through the deepest mire / Eastern Tibet-Bhutan: In the highlands of the Himalayas to monasteries and villages.
North and South America: Hawaii - From sea level to the highest mountain in the world / Bolivia-Chile: To the indigenous people in the Andes.
AfricaMorocco - The Berber villages in the High Atlas / Tanzania - The villages on Kilimanjaro / South Africa: Total loss and townships.
Amazement - To the ends of the world on a racing bike
- Author: Otto Pertrovic
- Covadonga publishing house
- 336 pages (completely in colour, with numerous illustrations), 24 cm × 32 cm, hardcover
- ISBN 978-3-95726-104-5
- Price: 48 Euro >> available here
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