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A "hopeful" world odyssey - the adventures of a scooter-riding optimist

(Victoria, BC, Canada) - Some people fantasize about doing it. Others cringe with trepidation. Most of us simply can't or won't do it for one reason or another. But former law-clerk-turned-writer/photographer Thomas Martin Smith did it – he made a rigorous terrestrial journey around world. He did it solo, on a motorscooter he named Melawend (for his daughters, Melanie and Wendy). A journey planned to take one year took him two. The book about the journey, which took him another twelve years to write, has been published:

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