Unhinged in Ethiopia: Two Thousand Kilometers of Hell and Heaven on a Bicycle

by George Balarezo

These men were 20 years my junior, and if they were anything like I was when I was their age, probably willing to take risks without thinking deeply about the consequences.

“The most spiritual men, as the strongest, find their happiness where others would find their destruction: in the labyrinth, in hardness against themselves and others.”

“Cars are so boring and I’ll get fat and flabby. Life with no roof is better. I can go fast, slow, stop, eat, sleep whenever I want. Every day is an empty canvas.”

The journey slowed time down and snapped me out of a life in fast-forward.

“Counsel and advise him, but if he refuses to listen, then let adversity teach him.”