About the Book

This book is one man's attempt to make peace with a world that was on the brink of mutually agreed upon destruction. He chose a bicycle as his medium of expression and named it Friend.

His Journey

His intent was to go from California and head east until going to The Soviet Union. He wanted to meet Soviets and show others that they were alright. He made it as far as East Germany but was not allowed to travel any farther east.

From there, the traveling cyclist headed for the Mediterranean and the Middle East. And then onward around the world.

The End of the Journey

He ran out of money after one year of traveling. He traveled across large continents like Australia and China and circumvented the Philippines, Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan. In all, he comes away with a world experience and a new way of looking at the planet.