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Tasmania to London. One end of the globe to the other. 800 hitchhiking rides. 18 thousand miles. Four seasons. Three continents. 19 countries.
How many rides does it take to hitch from Tasmania to London? Rogue wanderer Jamie Maslin decides to find out, propelling him into a high stakes adventure of a lifetime that sees him tackle searing desert, freezing mountains, tropical jungle and barren steppes on little more than a thumb and a prayer.
The Long Hitch Home is a dynamic mix of heart-thumping adventure and well-researched social, cultural, and historical commentary on the score of countries Maslin encountered during his arduous, and at times life threatening, journey home.
Whether writing about exotic backstreets of cities few of us will get to see, or unique wonders far off the beaten track, Jamie Maslin gives a thrilling and often hilarious account of what it is like to hit the road and live with intensity and rapture.
- Sales Rank: #2486552 in Books
- Published on: 2015-02-03
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.10" h x 1.40" w x 6.10" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 408 pages
Review
Praise for Jamie Maslin's Iranian Rappers and Persian Porn:
“An unexpectedly enlightening introduction to an unfairly misunderstood country and culture.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“Maslin’s debut entertains. Best read for its snapshots of a culture largely misunderstood.”
—Publisher's Weekly
“Maslin offers invaluable insights into this oppressive and demonized nation as he marvels over its lush valleys and mountains, stark desert, and the magnificent Al Sadr Caves. Intrepid, observant, funny, and charming, Maslin explores Tabriz, Tehran, Esfahn, and the ancient city of Persepolis, and he visits museums, bazaars, and nightclubs, eating splendidly well and drinking gallons of tea, and, on one wild night, 96-proof ethanol (alcoholic beverages are illegal). Maslin describes a far more complex and hopeful Iran than outsiders usually perceive.”
—Donna Seaman, Booklist
“Jamie Maslin is cool—and he has adventures far beyond anything Jack Kerouac could ever dream of.”
—Daily Kos
“[T]his travelog will appeal to armchair travelers and those wondering about future prospects for Iranian society.”
—Library Journal
“In a time where an understanding of different cultures is more important than ever, I’m so glad we have books like Jamie Maslin’s. Both informative and entertaining, Maslin paints a picture of Iran in stark contrast to the caricature one fed to us by the mainstream media. A riveting, off-the-beaten-track tale of adventure and self discovery that can't fail to provide new insight on a country unfairly demonized in the West.”
—Cindy Sheehan, American antiwar activist
“A timely and valuable book by a young Westerner who decides to see Iran for himself. Maslin is naive upon his arrival—having no idea what to expect—but keeps an open mind and invites the reader along on his fascinating and colorful adventures. His experiences reveal the lies that mainstream media are telling us about the country. Having read this book, I may visit Iran in the near future.”
—Richard Kendrick, author of Déjà Vu
“Jamie Maslin follows a long line of intrepid young Britons, from Laurie Lee to Paddy Leigh Fermor and, most recently, Rory Stewart, who set off on a journey to distant parts with little money but lots of curiosity; and return to tell their tale. Maslin has a good ear for dialogue and a keen eye. The result is a hitchhiking odyssey across Iran that provides a fascinating, and timely, behind-the-scenes glimpse of a country the news anchors never reach.”
—Simon Worrall, author of The Poet and the Murderer
“Jamie Maslin's book is Iran from the ground up, and a total surprise to those who only know the media version of that country. A fascinating likeness of a complicated people.””
—Anthony Brandt, editor of the Journals of Lewis and Clark, and The National Geographic Adventure Classics series
“Bill Bryson meets Jack Kerouac. For anyone who enjoys adventure and travel, this book is a raw, gripping, philosophical, and hilarious first person account of traveling to remote and exotic destinations—you won't be able to put this book down, and you will feel close to the sincere, earnest author within a few pages.”
—Simon Van Booy, author of The Secret Lives of People in Love and Love Begins in Winter, and winner of the 2009 Frank O’Connor Award.
About the Author
Jamie Maslin is a writer and traveler. He has hitchhiked from England to Iran and couchsurfed all over Venezuela. He is the author of "Iranian Rappers and Persian Porn" and "Socialist Dreams and Beauty Queens." He lives in Australia.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
A good read, kept my interest
By pete
A good read,kept my interest.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
I wanted to like this book more than I did---author's conceit stood in my way
By Meghan M.
I just finished this book, after having bought it when I recently met Mr. Maslin at his Hobart Salamanca Market stand. Being an avid traveller myself and wanting to support a personable travel writer, I bought the book. I really wanted to like it more than I actually did.
The best part of the book is reading about Maslin's interactions with generous, kind people who go out of their way (often literally) to help him. Having experienced similar kindnesses while traveling myself (though certainly not to the same extent or same numbers as Mr. Maslin), reading about his interactions reminds me of my own experiences and reminds me that kindness and generosity exist quite a bit more than modern media would have us all believe.
However......there are a couple of specific things that really irked me while reading this book, enough that I ultimately feel disappointed to have bought the hard (and very heavy in my backpack) copy of this book. They are:
1. Mr. Maslin's disdain for Western "run of the mill" tourists, tour groups, those eating their home foods while in other countries, etc., etc. This smacks of those travelers you meet on the road whose smug "my style of travel is better than yours" attitude screams of conceit and judgement. Not everyone travels the same--get over it.
2. Attempting to "replace" your worn towel with a hotel's fluffy towel, skipping out of a campsite under cover of dark because you deem their $13 AUD price to be "unreasonable", eating the breakfast at a hotel at which you're not a guest....that's theft, plain and simple. You can justify it any which way you want, but flaunting the rules because you don't care for them.....that smacks of privilege and conceit. Want a new towel? Want to eat breakfast when no one is giving it to you for free? Pay for it, don't steal it. Extra annoying-points because Mr. Maslin is traveling with the intent to publish these stories....so perhaps consider paying for the campsite/towel/breakfast as an advance on the money you're going to make off these "travel adventures"?
3. While some of Mr. Maslin's writing on politics and history is interesting, these parts could get wordy and (more unappealing) quite "holier-than-thou" in tone. I felt like I was reading a lecture from a professor trying to impress me with a catalog of grievances, delivered with enough facts and footnotes to reassure me that his all-knowing, conceited attitude (starting to notice a pattern here?) is justified by his vastly-superior-to-my-own intellect.
Overall, it was "Ehhh" to "OK" and I liked the book less as it went on (touching interaction stories aside). I wish I'd kept my $30 AUD, frankly. Perhaps I should have just taken one of the copies off the table while Mr. Maslin wasn't looking, since I'm also traveling and feel $30 AUD is an "unreasonable" price?
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Given the climate of fear generated in our western democracies about terrorist hatred directed at all westerners this seems like
By bobkins
In an age where international travel is just another consumer item and where westerners go to third world nations to keep company almost exclusively with westerners, eat western food, watch western TV, drink western beer ... well, this is a return to travel as high adventure. Jamie Maslin has "cast his fate to the wind" (sorry 'bout the cliché) and shares with us his intrepid trek halfway around the planet, a task that relies hugely on his belief that people are fundamentally generous and kind. Given the climate of fear generated in our western democracies about terrorist hatred directed at all westerners this seems like an counter intuitive notion.
However trust still has a currency and the yarn has the redeeming value of stressing how far trust will take us. Despite our own western democratic atrocities (which he as a western traveller in these strange lands aptly reminds us of) in nations like Indonesia, Cambodia and Laos, he was greeted openly and offered food, lodging, transport and above all, fine company despite our appalling histories there. Nowhere (that he mentions) was there hatred or racial danger thrust upon him. Rather, the reverse is more often the case. Hope for the future of the planet is a sub plot that pervades his travels.
But its more than that- its a ripping adventure yarn in the best of the road literary traditions, Kerouac included. As he navigates from one fascinating local insight to the next, the pace, humour and the interest value never disappoints. His observations of local customs, government hindrances, the rigours of life en route, other travellers: they all are of keen interest and perhaps for other potential adventurers, a due warning of what to anticipate.
Above all- a compelling read. I'll never go to most of these places but I've been privileged to share another's experience of them in a way that's enriched my understanding and affirmed my sense of one united humanity.
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