"At Renner Springs Roadhouse I stopped for a pie as travellers sat chatting cosily in a warm, atmospheric glow. It looked very inviting and a stop at this time of night risked my staying longer than the schedule allowed..."
Liking travel for the culture aspect of it and being a "slow travel" enthusiast I can't really say I understand the point in his journey - apart from the obvious records. However I decided to read this book as due to an interest in motorbike adventure I know a little bit about this man and he intrigues me. I love people with a sense of adventure but how Nick's drive for his travels enables him to constantly leave loved ones back at home, giving up massive moral responsibilities really gets me. I had written him off as a heartless git but after delving a bit further and realising how deep thinking this man really is, it is the philosophical side to him that really gets me interested in his writing. In this book be seems to question what he is doing quite a lot, but he just can't not do it. This is wanderlust to the extreme.