around the world

In the year 1928 two young Hungarians decided to travel around the world on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle with sidecar. This account of his trip with friend Gyula Bartha gives a view of the world in the 1930s -- a world where the colonizing influence of Europe had affected much of Africa and Asia but not all. The two experienced the riches of sultans, witnessed primitive cultures and extreme poverty in remote villages, traveled through wilderness with the ever-present danger of wild animals, and traversed roads of all descriptions. They dealt with mud, sand, extreme heat and cold, and rivers where the motorcycle had to be taken apart to cross in a small boat. This intelligent and engaging book offers a unique world view between the World Wars, flavored by the great diversity of cultures and the wide variety of human life that exists on the planet. 

I found this book pretty entertaining, written at a time when most roads did not exist, and super highways weren't even a thought yet. 

Zoltan was actually amazed by people driving in the United States, he thought it was amazing that this country was so brainwashed that people stopped at stop signs and lights even when no one else was around.