Product Description

In RIDE IN THE NEON SUN Josie tells her story of eight months cycling round Japan, starting with Tokyo and then touring the countryside, getting to know the land and meeting the people. Josie interrupted her cycling trip to come back to England for her brother's wedding. Volume 2 of her adventures tells of her return to Japan and her trip to the many small islands that make up this beautiful country of contrasts.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #42510 in Books
• Published on: 2002-05-02
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 448 pages

Amazon.co.uk Review
The Sun in My Eyes is the fourth travel book by inveterate cyclist Josie Dew, telling the story of her second cycling journey around Japan.

Arriving in Hong Kong, Dew finds a sea passage over to Japan. Having now amassed the almost incredible figure of 200,000 miles on her cycling clock, there is no room for doubt as far as her determination and fortitude are concerned--so when the ship in which she is working her passage to Okinawa gets caught up in unseasonable storms, the sudden burst of fragility brought up along with her seasickness comes as a surprise. Nevertheless, Dew makes it to her destination, and the pedalling begins.

For the reader, the pleasure in what follows is undoubtedly in Dew's unself-conscious admiration for the generosity of the Japanese. This makes her an engaging companion, and overrides any faults in the prose (which, it has to be said, is laden with adjectives). The result is a book which can be infuriating, but one that also raises a smile and introduces some unusual situations--a snake on the stones in front of Dew, for instance, or the couple who insist on her sleeping by their shop and helping herself to whatever she likes.

Wherever she is, Dew appears effervescent, and it is this enthusiasm which makes The Sun in my Eyes more interesting than many other two-wheeled travel books. --Toby Green

IRISH NEWS
`Witty and illuminating'

MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS
`Josie is an acute observer of foreign lands. A highly engaging travel companion'

Customer Reviews

excellent travel book
josie dew has proved herself witty, observant and full of fun in this travel book. she takes herself around Japan on her bicycle, meeting all sorts of people and takes an interesting view of their life.
enjoyable read throughout

Rain, rice-cakes and an eccentric's view of Japan.
Josie Dew takes us on another whirlwind ride through the land of the rising sun only to find that her journey through the "rainy rainy-free land" leads to very wet socks! The sequel to "A Ride in the Neon Sun" is as funny and insightful as all her two-wheeled adventures but her writing just gets better with every book. More laughs per page than Bill Bryson I can't wait for the next installment of her world travels. I'd love to see the land of Oz given the Josie Dew treatment! A must for Josie fans everywhere.