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Author(s): Simon, Ted
Reader(s): Degas, Rupert; Simon, Ted
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Non-Fiction
Period: Contemporary
Catalogue No: NA0239
Barcode: 9781843799900
Release Date: 01/2015
SIMON, T.: Jupiter's Travels (Unabridged)
On 6 October 1973 Ted Simon knew there was no going back. He loaded up his 500cc Triumph Tiger in the pouring rain and said goodbye to London. Over four years he rode 64,000 miles round the world. Breakdowns, revolutions, war, a spell in prison, and a Californian commune were all part of his experience, which was coloured variously by utter despair and unimaginable joy.
He was treated as a spy, a god, a welcome stranger and a curiosity. The extraordinary trip became a journey into his own soul, and for many others—including the bikers Charley Boorman and Ewan McGregor—it is a pure inspiration.
Rupert Degas, ‘the most versatile of narrators’ (The Times), captures all the thrills and spills of Simon’s experience and the timeless charm of his writing.
Tracklist
Disc 1
Simon, Ted - Author
Simon, Ted (Reader)
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
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1 | Introduction by Ted Simon | 03:47 |
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2 | Jupiter's Travels | 09:09 |
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3 | And they brought on the dancing girls. | 09:51 |
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4 | Chapter Two: Trouble with Mars | 08:01 |
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5 | The Workshop was slung on either side… | 09:12 |
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6 | Generally the great overland journeys follow… | 11:41 |
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7 | Why does my mind dwell so much on… | 11:36 |
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8 | Chapter Three: Africa | 09:26 |
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Disc 2
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1 | Arriving in Africa was, after all, pretty much… | 10:09 |
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2 | He was a fine old man and his nonsense… | 08:20 |
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3 | When does the 'B' movie become…? | 09:07 |
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4 | Tripoli looks as though it were recently bombed. | 10:31 |
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5 | I feel as though I'm going to the front… | 08:49 |
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6 | I set off with the maximum of nonchalance… | 07:17 |
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7 | So sure had I been that I would not… | 09:49 |
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8 | On the road, the new war and the old one … | 12:33 |
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Disc 3
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1 | The episode dragged on, however… | 09:13 |
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2 | During the first night we cross… | 09:12 |
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3 | He is wrong. The Blue Nile joins the White Nile… | 09:22 |
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4 | Just as I was beginning to feel that I had… | 07:08 |
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5 | I tried to describe the bird to my friends… | 10:25 |
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6 | The bus came at midnight. | 07:33 |
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7 | Chapter Four: Falling and Rising | 08:07 |
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8 | There are four Bescharyin here… | 08:19 |
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9 | Something wakes me from my sleep. | 05:45 |
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Disc 4
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1 | The morning passes in effort and short stops. | 09:29 |
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2 | The fifth day out of Kassala, and the slopes… | 08:37 |
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3 | At the bar on my right, on a high stool… | 11:16 |
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4 | Next day I'm in Nairobi! Halfway through Africa. | 09:28 |
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5 | It is hot in Lodwar, excessively hot. | 05:52 |
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6 | My people are a treacherous, conceited, idle… | 07:24 |
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7 | I wanted to get to Mombasa and drink a beer. | 07:17 |
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8 | Beyond the low vegetation, where the land… | 06:31 |
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9 | Pius took me back to the BP station… | 10:10 |
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Disc 5
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1 | Pius was enlarging, meanwhile… | 08:45 |
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2 | Riding down the road to Mombasa… | 09:06 |
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3 | He showed no signs of any ordeals… | 10:52 |
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4 | The route swung back to the coast… | 07:39 |
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5 | Those who find romance in communications… | 09:23 |
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6 | The engineers were informative about Tanzania. | 08:03 |
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7 | If Africa has never belonged to the White Man… | 08:28 |
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8 | What we have here, I see, is a White Tribe. | 06:56 |
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9 | The South African Immigration and Customs… | 07:32 |
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Disc 6
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1 | I am now only 280 miles from Johannesburg… | 09:30 |
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2 | The weather played tag with me… | 11:25 |
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3 | I strip off my waterproofs and bundle them… | 09:47 |
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4 | Among bright flowers and flights… | 08:40 |
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5 | Next day, Amade the clerk and I returned… | 07:29 |
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6 | The next day was clear and blue… | 05:11 |
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7 | Chapter Five: America | 10:57 |
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8 | My passport kindled some interest. | 08:00 |
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Disc 7
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1 | In the morning, over an oily egg fried in garlic… | 09:45 |
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2 | When I was finally ejected onto the pavement… | 09:59 |
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3 | I took pictures of Dos Santos and his wife… | 09:21 |
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4 | I saw peasants coming from hand-made… | 09:22 |
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5 | The telex was tucked inside my working passport. | 09:51 |
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6 | Naturally such a government would watch… | 08:43 |
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7 | As Ian left he tried to encourage me again… | 07:39 |
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8 | From then on a dramatic change came over… | 06:03 |
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9 | Dutifully Matthews toiled out… | 06:16 |
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Disc 8
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1 | It also marked the beginning of a new phase… | 07:38 |
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2 | By Thursday morning, things had progressed… | 08:44 |
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3 | The unnatural calm lasted until midday… | 08:36 |
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4 | The silence lasted only half an hour, if that. | 08:49 |
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5 | So they demonstrated their power to me… | 09:38 |
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6 | The priests had all been summoned… | 09:00 |
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7 | The thing drifted past at walking pace… | 09:16 |
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8 | Looking over the bushes in front of the mock… | 09:26 |
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Disc 9
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1 | The fire – it was really more like an oven… | 08:05 |
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2 | Antoine usually did the shopping… | 07:51 |
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3 | But at night it was fine to share a meal… | 08:07 |
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4 | It was not my appetite for cold beer… | 10:09 |
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5 | The man with the spots asked me to wait… | 09:08 |
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6 | The mountain got steeper… | 07:28 |
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7 | Bruno and Antoine found me there later… | 07:56 |
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8 | Bruno lost his passenger, Antoine, at Lima… | 09:47 |
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Disc 10
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1 | We rode on to Paita, which surprised me… | 08:55 |
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2 | From that beach the road led almost directly… | 08:34 |
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3 | We moved into one of the most beautiful… | 08:01 |
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4 | It was March when Bruno took the bus. | 09:27 |
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5 | The important thing for Pete was to have… | 06:14 |
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6 | Nicaragua has a volcano called Santiago. | 07:36 |
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7 | By the time I got to Mexico City… | 08:36 |
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8 | Going to the United States… | 10:37 |
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Disc 11
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1 | The hotel was on the inland edge… | 08:59 |
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2 | The sun of California is like white wine… | 07:38 |
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3 | I learned that the ranch was a commune… | 08:12 |
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4 | There was no doubting Carol's energy. | 10:29 |
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5 | Chapter Six: Australia and Malaysia | 10:19 |
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6 | There were two others in the restaurant… | 06:53 |
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7 | Cars were still coming in over Lotus Creek… | 08:01 |
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8 | Soon afterwards the first car came through… | 07:42 |
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Disc 12
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1 | That night the rain drummed on the tin roof… | 08:37 |
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2 | The Coburg tram took me down… | 07:48 |
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3 | And to make any resistance impossible… | 11:49 |
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4 | The most natural way to leave Australia… | 09:35 |
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5 | Next door to the hotel was a shop… | 09:00 |
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6 | The degeneration followed, it seemed… | 06:49 |
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7 | Chapter Seven: India | 07:39 |
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8 | With no religion of my own, I had always… | 07:10 |
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Disc 13
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1 | The blow fell that morning. A telegram arrived… | 08:27 |
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2 | I'm not really thinking all this stuff now, though. | 09:54 |
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3 | I'm riding awkwardly through a thicket… | 08:09 |
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4 | The ferry to Sri Lanka crosses… | 09:04 |
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5 | Back at the rest house, convinced at least…… | 07:23 |
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6 | The southern hills were a great surprise… | 09:02 |
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7 | Heat, cold, pain, pleasure… | 08:38 |
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8 | On my way up the coast from Mangalore… | 06:47 |
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Disc 14
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1 | In Khanpur (or Cawnpore as the British spelled…) | 07:56 |
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2 | My suite had two rooms, both huge. | 07:54 |
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3 | Ten miles beyond Gaya is Boddhgaya… | 08:13 |
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4 | The route I had planned took me back… | 07:47 |
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5 | I walked around the grounds, talked to some… | 07:25 |
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6 | Chapter Eight: The Prophecy Fulfilled | 10:34 |
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7 | It was an illusion, and I knew it. | 08:46 |
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8 | I put on more underclothes for the last… | 07:58 |
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9 | During this bad, mad time, the wedding… | 09:05 |
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Total Playing Time: 16:52:28