A Last Chance PowerDrive Part 1 Highways and Highlights
Nonfiction, Travel, Lodging & Restaurant Guides
| Author: | Benedict Beaumont | ISBN: | 9781476373409 |
| Publisher: | Benedict Beaumont | Publication: | August 6, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Benedict Beaumont |
| ISBN: | 9781476373409 |
| Publisher: | Benedict Beaumont |
| Publication: | August 6, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
In October 2011 a burnt out teacher decided to change his life. Benedict Beaumont quit his job as a secondary school teacher, flew to Delhi, bought a Royal Enfield Motorbike and drove through the Himalayas.
Part 1 of A Last Chance Powerdrive is the start of his adventures in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.
Along the way he narrowly avoids turning his Enfield into a firebomb, meets travelling divinities, watches Buddhist Llamas dance, is guided to a lost village by a stray dog and crosses the haunted passes of Kunzum-La and Rohtang.
It weaves the stories of the people he meets with the mythical narrative of the landscape and his own personal history as he takes his bike Carmen over some of the highest passes in the world.
In October 2011 a burnt out teacher decided to change his life. Benedict Beaumont quit his job as a secondary school teacher, flew to Delhi, bought a Royal Enfield Motorbike and drove through the Himalayas.
Part 1 of A Last Chance Powerdrive is the start of his adventures in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.
Along the way he narrowly avoids turning his Enfield into a firebomb, meets travelling divinities, watches Buddhist Llamas dance, is guided to a lost village by a stray dog and crosses the haunted passes of Kunzum-La and Rohtang.
It weaves the stories of the people he meets with the mythical narrative of the landscape and his own personal history as he takes his bike Carmen over some of the highest passes in the world.
