But, if my hands were empty of honey, and pearls and gold, There were treasures far sweeter than honey, and marvelous things to be told.
-Gulistan This is the true story of a young man's epic bicycle journey from England to India.
Traveling more than eight thousand miles, he encounters all manner of adventure, from the curious company of a butterfly in the wilds of Iran to the aftermath of a coup in Kandahar, Afghanistan-from navigating the foreign yet welcom.