SIMON, T.: Dreaming of Jupiter (Unabridged)

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Simon, Ted, Author.

Contributor:

Naxos Digital Services US.

Series:

Naxos Music Library.

Naxos Music Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spoken Word.

Local Subjects:

Spoken Word.

Genre:

Video recordings.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Naxos Digital Services US Incorporated, 2018.

System Details:

Mode of access: Available online.

Contents:

Dreaming of Jupiter ( 11 sec. )

Prologue ( 02 min., 04 sec. )

Chapter 1 ( 05 min., 04 sec. )

It was May 1974 and Brazil... ( 06 min., 41 sec. )

Chapter 2 ( 08 min., 59 sec. )

Bruno was a small man in a shiny brown suit. ( 08 min., 56 sec. )

In true bureaucratic fashion the UN bosses never said yea or nay ( 09 min., 18 sec. )

There were about a thousand miles in Africa... ( 09 min., 36 sec. )

Of course, publicity surrounding my departure would certainly help CW ( 07 min., 26 sec. )

Chapter 3 ( 06 min., 56 sec. )

Luckily my days with Manfred and his family... ( 07 min., 55 sec. )

Chapter 4 ( 11 min., 27 sec. )

Chapter 5 ( 08 min., 59 sec. )

I had no qualms coming up to the Libyan frontier. ( 08 min., 14 sec. )

In the morning I went to see Shukra Tours... ( 10 min., 04 sec. )

Libya is a huge country... ( 11 min., 15 sec. )

Chapter 6 ( 14 min., 52 sec. )

Chapter 7 ( 14 min., 44 sec. )

Chapter 8 ( 11 min., 36 sec. )

For two days, while the Sudanese embassy was closed ( 12 min., 40 sec. )

Chapter 9 ( 12 min., 59 sec. )

If a country that seems to have a policeman for every ten citizens is a police state,then this is one. ( 11 min. )

Chapter 10 ( 08 min., 24 sec. )

Tom, the Canadian, was lying on the deck... ( 09 min., 40 sec. )

When I found Wadi Halfa, hiding behind some rocks ( 08 min., 52 sec. )

Chapter 11 ( 09 min., 44 sec. )

If the news of the missing motorcycle bothered Manfred he didn't show it ( 14 min., 44 sec. )

The going was better after that... ( 14 min., 20 sec. )

Chapter 12 ( 14 min., 09 sec. )

Chapter 13 ( 08 min., 39 sec. )

Of course, this tiny border town I was aiming for... ( 10 min., 21 sec. )

The falls themselves were no danger... ( 12 min., 32 sec. )

Chapter 14 ( 14 min., 46 sec. )

Chapter 15 ( 10 min., 30 sec. )

Chapter 16 ( 13 min., 29 sec. )

The road bed is flat earth, and about twenty feet wide ( 09 min., 34 sec. )

Chapter 17 ( 12 min., 12 sec. )

While Peira and I were trying, the two policemen came back ( 13 min., 34 sec. )

Chapter 18 ( 08 min., 59 sec. )

Next day Yoav and I were on our way again... ( 09 min., 37 sec. )

The cab was very noisy and conversation was difficult ( 08 min., 16 sec. )

Chapter 19 ( 10 min., 21 sec. )

Later, from Morogoro I take the wrong road... ( 06 min., 19 sec. )

The road down to Nkhata is a long sequence of potholed hairpins ( 13 min., 07 sec. )

Just like elsewhere in Africa... ( 13 min., 33 sec. )

Chapter 20 ( 08 min., 19 sec. )

Chapter 21 ( 06 min., 37 sec. )

The hotel had cable television... ( 08 min., 28 sec. )

Chapter 22 ( 10 min., 05 sec. )

I rode for a long time, trying to maintain a sense of direction ( 07 min., 31 sec. )

Chapter 23 ( 13 min., 54 sec. )

Chapter 24 ( 09 min., 37 sec. )

Chapter 25 ( 08 min., 42 sec. )

Chapter 26 ( 14 min., 52 sec. )

Chapter 27 ( 11 min., 15 sec. )

Chapter 28 ( 12 min., 15 sec. )

Today I finally forced myself to admit... ( 08 min., 49 sec. )

Chapter 29 ( 10 min., 36 sec. )

So I had chosen to ride across the weir... ( 09 min., 39 sec. )

José too all the bags and boxes into the cab... ( 11 min., 48 sec. )

It came as a shock to realise how much... ( 10 min., 29 sec. )

Chapter 30 ( 08 min., 21 sec. )

The following four days that got me to Ayacucho were quite remarkable ( 11 min., 41 sec. )

The descent from Huancayo to Lima... ( 03 min., 15 sec. )

Chapter 31 ( 09 min., 48 sec. )

Popayán, again, was an easy objective for me... ( 11 min., 02 sec. )

At the clinic I met a handsome young doctor... ( 08 min., 28 sec. )

Chapter 32 ( 10 min., 14 sec. )

Another thought was that the topes had finally got me. ( 13 min., 32 sec. )

Chapter 33 ( 11 min., 07 sec. )

Chapter 34 ( 07 min., 33 sec. )

At times the jeering jester took a break. ( 07 min., 45 sec. )

Chapter 35 ( 11 min., 04 sec. )

Graeme Howie had offered me a bed... ( 11 min., 10 sec. )

Chapter 36 ( 09 min., 27 sec. )

In 1975, passing through Ecuador on my Triumph, ( 11 min., 23 sec. )

Chapter 37 ( 09 min., 36 sec. )

The weather looked good enough. ( 07 min., 33 sec. )

Chapter 38 ( 11 min., 11 sec. )

Another early start. It's New Year's Eve... ( 10 min., 47 sec. )

Chapter 39 ( 09 min., 28 sec. )

At this point it started to rain heavily... ( 09 min., 57 sec. )

Chapter 40 ( 09 min., 40 sec. )

With new-found confidence we rode around Bangkok looking at the sights. ( 10 min., 13 sec. )

For all her stated loathing of 'coupledom', Malu tried her best to be half a couple. ( 10 min., 41 sec. )

Chapter 41 ( 11 min., 59 sec. )

Chapter 42 ( 11 min., 37 sec. )

But the lorries of India are splendid,moveable feasts of colour and humour. ( 12 min., 17 sec. )

The one thing Malú and I did together was to go inside the palace of the Maharajah of Boddghaya. ( 13 min., 34 sec. )

Chapter 43 ( 12 min., 39 sec. )

Chapter 44 ( 12 min., 58 sec. )

Chapter 45 ( 11 min., 51 sec. )

The bike, of course, had to be crated... ( 10 min., 52 sec. )

Chapter 46 ( 11 min., 11 sec. )

Chapter 47 ( 08 min., 48 sec. )

Following the example of my deckhand on the Zoe G. ( 11 min., 55 sec. )

Epilogue ( 05 minutes, 09 sec. )

Participant:

Degas, Rupert, Reader -- Simon, Ted, Author

Notes:

Naxos Digital Services electronic collection.

Streaming audio.

Publisher Number:

9781781981863

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.