I guess I am in awe of people who are specializing in finance, esp. the ones who run the much adored (as well as hated) Hedge Funds. The author, Jim Rogers, is one of such giants in the field of investing. He specializes in commodities and investments in international markets.
The book is an amazing read. It is a perfect blend of “motorcycle diaries” rolled into a finance text. The author and his companion have embarked on a crazy idea of traveling around the world on bikes. The bikes in this regard are BMW R100RT and R80. The author is a biking enthusiast and is a proud owner of R100RT for quite sometime. The journey is colossal in its extent. The expedition took 22 months and spanned 62 countries, clocking 65000+ kilometers on the odometer. The book is a vivid description of all the charm and dangers that can accompany such a trip. Reading across the book, one cannot help but respect and look with awe the spirit of adventure which so very well engulfs the journey. The interesting part is not just the excursion which is depicted but the mindset which is able to relate the geography, politics and economics as observed in the streets with the investing decisions which can be made by a uncanny, unconventional, eccentric but highly successful investor.
The most amazing quality of the book is that it can make a finance guy fall in love with adventure biking and similarly, it can make any layman learn finance in the easiest of terms. This shall remain must read thing for all those who want to learn a bit of both: finance and biking.
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