Step By Step: The perfect gift for the adventurer in your life

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Ning mulle meeldib ka Simoni meeldetuletus, et kui sul on võimalik reisida (eriti veel lennukiga ja kaugetesse eksootilistesse paikadesse), siis pea meeles, et see on tegelikult väga väheste privileeg. Ära võta seda enesestmõistetavana.

Simon] begins to fill in the gaps in his life story that until recently he has never publicly revealed.' Telegraph In TV adventurer Simon Reeve’s bestselling memoir he describes how he has journeyed across epic landscapes, dodged bullets on frontlines, walked through minefields and been detained for spying by the KGB. His travels have taken him across jungles, deserts, mountains and oceans, and to some of the most beautiful, dangerous and remote regions of the world. spoj autobiografije i putopisa. nisam prije gledala reeveove dokumentarce za bbc, ali s obzirom da je drugi dio knjige posvećen upravo njima ("meet the stans" (kazahstan, kirgistan, uzbekistan i tadžikistan) i "places that don`t exist" (nagorno karabakh, somaliland, tajvan, transdnjestria)), bacila sam oko i na njih. niti jedan nisam uspjela odgledati do kraja - što zbog stravično loše kvalitete videa, a što jer me nije uspio uvući u priču.

Summary

I learned so much from this wonderful book. Simon Reeves takes us to some very challenging places both in his childhood, adolescence and in his career as a rookie documentary maker in ‘The Four Stans’ Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakstan and Kyrgyzstan. And on to ‘unrecognised’ countries in a series called ‘Places That Don’t’ Exist’, Somaliland, Transnistria and Artsakh; obscure, forgotten but dangerous, unstable but with a population deserving of attention He goes over his teenage delinquency and mental health issues. His mental health is really quite serious. After this while looking for a job he gets the advice to ‘Take things step by step’.

Elulooline külg oli nii ja naa. Ehk natuke paljusõnaline ja tarbetutesse kordustesse laskuv, sest sõnumi "kuidas pätipoisist kasvas inimene" oleks saanud kontsentreeritumalt edasi anda. Minu antipaatiat suurendas kahtlemata ka see metslase moodi ebainimlik lõhkumine, rüüstamine, hävitamine, millega ta nooruses tegeles. Ma mõtlen, mis küll peab sellise inimese peas toimuma, et ta läheb selliseid tegusid korda saatma? Mul hakkas ühel hetkel koguni tema keskmisest veidi keevaverelisemast isast kahju, sest no mida sa kahe sellise huligaaniga teed. Kui ma lugesin tema purjus/pilves peaga klassiekskursioonidest, või siis juba vanema noormehena sõpradega nädalalõpureisidest Euroopas, meenusid mulle oma reisidel nähtud briti poissmeestekambad ja... It is an account of his mind's journey to inner peace - and it is wonderfully life-affirming -- Max Pemberton * Daily Mail * I had been a teenage delinquent who left school without qualifications and went on the dole. I suffered from mental health issues and was a whisker from suicide.’ That was Simon Reeve, not me. I worked very hard when I was a teenager. Working at Safeway whilst doing my A levels and then getting a job immediately after. That was me and not Simon Reeve.

If you’ve watched any of his travel documentaries, you’ll remember his enthusiasm for meeting new people and travelling to dangerous countries around the world. He always comes across as excited and full of life with not a worry in the world. This book opens up his early life to reveal a completely different person who struggled with mental health issues and problems with his father’s authority as a teenager, something that you’d never imagine from his on screen personae.