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A bike path on millions of stones

The Traveler
El Pais 14/03/2011

Miquel Silvestre went through the back of his" princess " more than 60,000 kilometers of the continent poorest in the world, passed through 14 countries and tried to reflect in the 200 pages of "A million stones its experience.

From Nairobi to Cape Town or from Maputo Maseru, Mike has had to survive seedy flophouse, food in unhealthy places, a colitis , bribes at the border, traffic accidents and a African harsh reality.

Far from moral considerations, the author through his book an adventure motorcycle for places unknown to many English by African continent in order to demonstrate that there is more than the sofa in our house.

Adventure and risks combined with cynicism and humor come together in the second edition de “Un millón de piedras”, en la que, además, se incluye el viaje de Dakar a Segou, en Mali y la repatriación de la moto a España.

Miquel Silvestre es un viajero nato. La experiencia de este viaje la repetiría y la ha repetido, ya que como él mismo afirma “en algunos ya he estado dos, tres o incluso cuatro veces. En África del sur repetiría Mozambique, Namibia y Lesotho; en África del Norte Marruecos y Túnez son referencias fijas”.

Para hacer un viaje como este o como cualquiera de los que el autor hace sobre su “princesa”, considera imprescindible “en lo material, una moto fiable, poco equipaje Carpanta and stomach. In the spiritual, self-deprecating sense of humor and a clear conscience that you are there by your own willingness to accept difficulties as voluntarily chosen. " And is that the traveler is very clear "no right to complain because no one forces me to go."