Montreal, February 16, 2023 - Following the great success of his first book, «Histoires à dormir dehors», author and intrepid traveler Jonathan B. Roy presents the sequel to his epic cycling adventures. In «Histoires à dormir dehors 2», he recounts a 20,000 km journey from Southeast Asia to South America, via China and Japan. He delivers a humanist tale tinged with humor and poetry, reflecting his curious and benevolent view of this contrasting and fascinating world.
Bedtime Stories 2 - 20,000 km by bike, from Asia to South America, published by Vélo Québec Éditions, is available in bookshops or online www.velo.qc.ca/dormirdehors2 at a cost of 39.95 $. The book comprises 312 pages punctuated by magnificent photos.
On dirt roads, on the shoulders of metropolises or on long deserted roads, Jonathan B. Roy pedals slower than his shadow and arouses curiosity, admiration or amazement. Roy pedals slower than his shadow, arousing curiosity, admiration and amazement. In deluge, scorching heat or 100 km/h headwind, he crosses geographical and social boundaries. He embarks on a container ship in Singapore, spends the night in a love hotel in South Korea, meets Wayne Gretzky in China and a puma in the Andes, dines at a billionaire's table in Brazil and burrows into the bowels of a mine in Bolivia. When he's not pitching his tent by the side of the road, he's enjoying the local hospitality, seeking to meet «the good people» along the way.
Jonathan B. Roy has the talent to take a crazy idea and turn it into something beyond his wildest expectations: cycling 40,000 km in 40 countries over 4 years. He also has the talent to question his surroundings and bring back a captivating testimony. The most adventurous of law and engineering graduates gives lectures in French, English and Spanish. He also writes reports, notably for Vélo Mag, and makes videos in which the bicycle is never far away. In autumn 2021, he was selected from 314,000 applicants worldwide for the «Live Anywhere on Airbnb» program, which provides him with the accommodation of his choice for a year.
