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"12,822 km. In Zaragoza to Beijing by bicycle."

BRAVO CARLOS SUAREZ 13/03/2011

In 2008, Diego Ballesteros made a feat while cycling from Zaragoza to Beijing. Following the Silk Road and the steps of the legendary Venetian traveler Marco Polo, the teacher was able to unite Barbastro riding his bicycle the two great events that took place that year: the World Exposition in Zaragoza and the Olympic Games in Beijing. The result of this extraordinary adventure is the book "12,822 km", whose title reflects the distance traveled by Ballesteros in his long journey across the Eurasian continent.

"12,822 km" is a great book of travel and adventure. More than five hundred pages, written in a quick, entertaining, and passionate, catch and captivate the reader, accompanying Diego continuous pedaling in the eastern lands of the planet. The narrator manages to transmit, with a sincerity and an unusual strength, the various emotions that seized along the journey. Disappointments and sufferings, hopes and joys and, above all, a tremendous force of will, constancy and unwavering tenacity that allowed him to overcome adversity and reach the goal ultimately victorious drawn.

The book is written as diary or log book, divided into short chapters that coincide with the ninety-nine stages of the journey and limited days off. Diego tells us what happens every day, his physical and mental states, their falls and numerous intestinal problems that leave him exhausted at times, places, always-on cheap eats and sleeps, the weather has to suffer from intense heat, until the damn headwind meant no doubt that the worst of the trip, "the red tape of some countries, good and some less-bad-the people who are on the road.

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their personal journeys, the adventurer Barbastro adds some great touches of history and culture of the fourteen countries on crosses. In their views on the people of these places, Ballesteros always flees prejudices and sweeping generalizations, and judges people according to their deeds, trying to understand the causes and circumstances that may help explain. The reality often contradicts the view that we have from the remoteness of some countries and their inhabitants. Could anyone expect Iran to be more hospitable to all places visited and the rider that he found disagreeable person in this great country was precisely an official at the English Embassy In "12,822" not only with the author conducted a magnificent journey full of intense experiences, also discovered in the way of counting, in addition to a great adventurer and sportsman, a great person, humble, sincere and full of inner strength that overcomes the difficulties that lie ahead. Surely this will also psychological strength Diego new adversities overcome the difficult journey of life has put you on the road.