By Dean Nicholson with Garry Jenkins
5 Stars
Non-Fiction/Adventure
Adult
We found this book in the Sackville, New Brunswick, book exchange box and took it home with us. Nala is a cat, and the book is basically the story of how this long-distance bicycle traveler found her and adopted her. They have been touring the world together ever since, raising money for animal shelters and the like. They can be followed on their YouTube channel 1bike1world and their Instagram account @1bike1world. I do follow them myself. You can subscribe to their community at https://www.1bike1world.com/community. There is a cost.
The initial appeal of the story to me is that I have traveled by bicycle myself and would love to be doing it again. I won’t list my excuses here. Reading about it is quite enjoyable. I can sit and exchange stories with fellow riders for hours. I also grew up with cats.
The author meets an abandoned kitten while cycling in Bosnia and takes it with him. He names her Nala and then goes through the adventure of learning how to care for her and take care of the paperwork involved with traveling with a pet and crossing international borders. The story became an Internet phenomenon, and they’ve been able to contribute a great deal to animal shelters along the way. It’s a feel-good story, and I quite enjoyed it.
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