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To Dakar and Back

21 Days Across North Africa by Motorcycle

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To Dakar and Back

By: Lawrence Hacking, Wil De Clercq
Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
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Recounting the three weeks of blood, sweat, and tearsthat make up a 7,000 mile journey from the glitzy streets of Paris to the hinterland of northwestern Africa, this incredible tale highlights the most arduous and notorious off-road motorsports event on the planet, the Paris-Dakar Rally. Since its inception in 1979, the rally has attracted more than 3,000 participants from all walks of life. Fully detailing what is considered by many to be one of the world's top five adventures, this book reveals amazing true tales of danger, from blinding sandstorms to endless vistas of towering dunes. Enduring these incredible hardships with perseverance, tenacity, ingenuity, and sometimes tragedy, the adventurers profiled here truly embody the triumphs of the human spirit.

©2008 Lawrence Hacking and Wil De Clercq (P)2012 Audible, Inc. Adventure Travel Motor Sports Travel Writing & Commentary Adventure Sports Africa
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it is a fantastic story truth be told. I think it's my own accent and historical British vinacular that probably is my own fault, but the narrator's voice, I just couldn't get used to. It was a struggle, the writing was brilliant, I just couldn't get used to the narrator.
After I finished the audio book, I watched an interview with the author. I wish he had of read his own book. It's a voice that I found much more pleasant to my ears. No complaint to the narrator, it's just my ears!

it is a great story...

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This book is awesome. Heaps of detail. Awesome, never give up attitude.
Love the honesty.
Awesome read for any motorbike rider that is always wanting to learn and grow.

Fantastic Book

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love it great details of the race and the emotions felt along the journey

To Dakar and Back

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The writer shares the travel experiences of this remote trip. Very easy to listen to and just the right amount of detail shared. If you ride a motorcycle or even bicycle then this book will keep your attention no problem.

Fantastic travel experience shared.

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