Il mondo da vicino

Year: 2006 Pages: 210 With a touring bicycle named Angel and a light suitcase that includes a tent and a sleeping bag for the nights when he won't find a roof to sleep under, but nothing for cooking or other equipment, Kameel Nasr travels from the United States to get to know the vast world up close. His philosophy is to ask for hospitality and share the life and customs of the people he meets. His budget is minimal, almost non-existent, but his needs are elementary and his availability is infinite. He stops wherever he can, drinks the water he finds, eats little, sometimes only the very little that the poor have. He visits mainly third world countries, and always, among the most underprivileged, receives hospitality and a cordial welcome. Talk to everyone, ask questions, and try to understand. The result is a simple and simple story, at times candid and naive, which has the flow and rhythm of a travel diary, full of emblematic episodes which show, beyond social and cultural differences, a common denominator among men .