Adventure Capitalist: The Ultimate Road Trip

Worth reading. Nice book for the adventurer

Excellent insight. Feels like I am travelling around the world!

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This book covers Rogers’s millennium car trip around the world. He tells the tale with an interesting mix of travel dialog, pictures, thoughts on local politics, and investment prospects. The first three are what you would expect of any travel diary, the last point is unique to Jim. Part of the recounting of this tale involves the comparison with his previous trip around the world when he went by motorcycle in the late 80s.The journey started in Iceland in 1999 and took around 2 years to finish. The end point was his NY home (where lived at the time). During this time his wife planned their wedding, they organized dozens of visas, had guns pointed at them, exchanged money on the black markets of the world, moved their car by train and by boat, and the unfortunate death of his father.If you are already a fan of his writing or speeches then this is probably the most enjoyable book he has on offer. If a travel book with investment insight appeals then you’d enjoy it too. It won’t appeal if you have a love of NGOs, bureaucracy, red tape, and paperwork. He blasts them all and often too.This has inspired me to see more of the world but I’m a long way from being able to afford it!

Wow!Maybe I'm not as smart as the reviewer who preceded me.I picked up A.C. on the way to Australia. I read it at light speed. To say this book is an eye opener is an understatement. I travel a lot...but not this much! ...no one does!I learned a great deal following the Jim, Paige, videographer and car around the world. I confess there is much of their journey I would never have had the guts to undertake and thus was impressed by some of their choices of travel.Here's some of what you are going to pick up:1) You're going to find out what countries to put a few shekels into and which one's not to. (There are a lot more to NOT.)2) You're going to get an excellent idea of where you want to visit on your next non-5-star trip out of the country.3) You're going to find out that Vancouver B.C. is overall one of the finest cities in the world. (I can't think of a better one myself.)4) Some darn good arguments for unrestricted free trade and open borders.5) Solid challenges to your way of looking at the political messes of virtually every nation on the planet and a few ideas on what could make things better.6) Lots of ways to save your hard earned money.7) The fact that there are precious few powerhouse opportunities right now.Of some interest, Jim notes he was told you can't buy a house in Australia if you don't live there. That's what I was told by some cab drivers, realtors and university prof's. Others told me the exact opposite and a few noted that you can't buy but you can build. Go figure. This is truly a bizarre phenomenon. Whatever the deal is, don't cut the check until you know the answer.This book was a lot of fun. Thoroughly enjoyable and a lesson in looking at the world and the USA that sometimes is a bit stern.Loved it.Kevin HoganAuthor of The Psychology of Persuasion[...]