Lois on the Loose

Really, my only real criticism of this book is the really bad cover design. But heeding the advice from my wise father, I cracked open the cover and began reading giving the author fifty pages to capture my attention; it took Pryce far less time. Within the first few pages I had laughed out loud half a dozen times, was entirely engrossed and had added "SuperBri" to my lexicon!

This is the fourth book I've read that details an adventurous motorcyclists attempt to ride to Ushuaia, the southern most city in the Western Hemisphere, but Pryce's version has captured the fun factor better than the competition. Finding humor and irony in just about everything she faces, I giggled and grinned my way from Alaska to Argentina, grew anxious over the state of disrepair or her bike and took comfort in the fact that she surely must have survived because who else would have written her book.

Pryce does a brilliant job of describing the world she is traveling though,...Read more

This is a quick and easy read. Lois's amazing 20,000 mile motorcycle mega-transect from Alaska to Argentina is an entertaining and witty tale. The author has a good sense of humor and her descriptions of the people she meets and places she roars through are light, loose (pun intended) and a lot of fun. Not only that, her scathing portrayal of life in a cubicle for the vaunted BBC may be the best part of the book. What wankers her immediate supervisor and his boss were. Anyone familiar with the drudgery of modern office life can certainly relate.

I've long dreamed of navigating the Pan-American Highway but fear it may be too late, even in a 4WD vehicle. Lois's story relates just what a grueling and demanding trip that would be; definitely an undertaking for a youthful bum and spine. How she managed to do it on a high-pitched 250-cc trail bike made this reader shake his head in wonder. The border crossings of Central America alone were enough to dishearten even the most...Read more

This is an easy to read account of a young woman from London that ships her 250cc dirt bike to Anchorage and proceeds to ride to the tip of South America. Unlike Ted Simons, she doesn't get bogged down in "meaning of life" issues. She is just enjoying the ride and making new friends.

I have since purchased extra copies to give to friends.