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

"Absolutely inspiring!"

"What an engrossing and amazing story!"

"Thought provoking, intelligent and beautifully crafted"

After confrontations with AK-47-armed policemen in Xinjiang, China, and being thrown off his bicycle by gusts of wind in Mongolia's Gobi Desert, George Balarezo cycles across Ethiopia-Africa's most mountainous country and, as it happens, a repository for the continent's richest cultural legacy. He's assaulted daily by stone-hurling children, crashes a wedding party, scales a cliff with Ethiopian Orthodox monks, and sweats it out in the Afar Triangle-with the world's highest average temperature, it's earned its nickname of "hell on earth"-and witnesses the miracles of Ethiopian spirituality alongside murderers, cancer patients, and the mentally ill. It is a soul-stirring adventure that tests the limits of his sanity and gifts him invaluable life lessons that he is eager to share.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Balarezo, George
Published: 10/28/2022
Publisher: George Alfredo Balarezo III
ISBN: 9781087987262
Pages: 242
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.55d