Miles from Nowhere: A Round the
World Bicycle Adventure by Barbara
Savage
Book Club Favorite
This is the delightful and often humorous story of an around-the-world
bicycle trip taken by two young people, Barbara and Larry Savage. It
took them two years and 25 countries. Along the way, these neophyte
cyclists encountered warm-hearted strangers, bicycle-hating drivers, rock-
throwing Egyptians, over-protective Thai policemen, and great personal
joys. They returned to a new life in Santa Barbara, one Barbara never
lived to savor. She was killed in a street accident, Barbara and her bicycle
vs. a truck. We are lucky to have this memoir, throughout which her vitality,
warmth and compassion glow. Slightly edited for radio presentation.
Personal Review: Miles from Nowhere: A Round the World
Bicycle Adventure by Barbara Savage

I my early 20s found this book in the Lexington Public library in the late
1980s while on my lunch half-hours. I was hooked from the first chapter,
and every lunch hour, I went back (didn't have a library card & couldn't get
one for that library) and finished it. I was shocked to read that Barbara had
died soon after finishing the book, and *cried*, while sitting in the library.
I bought my own copy. I reread her book to keep me inspired, and I ended
up bringing it with me when I finally made it South Korea in the early
1990s. When I left 18 months later, I left it with a friend of mine but never
replaced it.
Thanks to Barbara and her narrative about her adventures, I ended up in
Korea, traveling to Japan, India, Nepal, Thailand--all solo, but not on a
bicycle.
I still feel like Barbara was a friend I never had a chance to meet (like an
internet friend) and I can still feel the tears breaking out, so many years
after finding out about her death.
I hope Larry is doing well (I heard he'd remarried and life went on) and that
hopefully (sometime!) someone will do a retracing of Barbara's and Larry's
adventure.
Thank you Barbara.
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