Finished survival of the quickest - something similar
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Thought I heard my name! 
It's on two wheels rather than 4, but my favorite book of the 'Adventure Roadtrip' Genre is Jupiter's Travels, by Ted Simon. It's about a 4 year, 50,000 mile motorcycle trip around the world, and is beautifully written and rather inspiring - so inspiring, in fact, that it pretty much kickstarted the whole Round the world motorbiking genre, and was the inspiration for Long Way Down - all in all, a great achievement and most recommended!
On 4 wheels, there aren't that many stand-out books which I've read, as generally road trips go sufficiently to plan that they make rather dull reading - for instance, take out the personal aspects and a few key breakdowns from Survival of the Quickest, and it would be a much duller read. Having said that, I recently rather enjoyed First Overland, by Tim Slessor (I think) It describes an epic 1950's expedition from London to Singapore in a pair of Land Rovers. A little dated in its writing style but a good read nonetheless, and a nice window on an earlier, more relaxed time.
Hope this helps!
Ben.
It's on two wheels rather than 4, but my favorite book of the 'Adventure Roadtrip' Genre is Jupiter's Travels, by Ted Simon. It's about a 4 year, 50,000 mile motorcycle trip around the world, and is beautifully written and rather inspiring - so inspiring, in fact, that it pretty much kickstarted the whole Round the world motorbiking genre, and was the inspiration for Long Way Down - all in all, a great achievement and most recommended!
On 4 wheels, there aren't that many stand-out books which I've read, as generally road trips go sufficiently to plan that they make rather dull reading - for instance, take out the personal aspects and a few key breakdowns from Survival of the Quickest, and it would be a much duller read. Having said that, I recently rather enjoyed First Overland, by Tim Slessor (I think) It describes an epic 1950's expedition from London to Singapore in a pair of Land Rovers. A little dated in its writing style but a good read nonetheless, and a nice window on an earlier, more relaxed time.
Hope this helps!
Ben.
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