Travelling Light: Stories from the world we explored in the 70s by Steve Lowndes

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These really are travels to write home about. Whether you made a similar journey, or wanted to, or would like to, or are yet to be seduced by the lure of the road less travelled, this is the book for you.

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Imagine travel in the days before mass tourism, full airliners and clogged cities. Imagine you have no credit card, no phone, no internet café … but you are young, optimistic, carefree, and you have your wits about you. You love nothing more than the thrill of taking on tomorrow and the next chance encounter as it comes along. No plans, just you, your passport and a change of clothes. It's the late 1960s and anything is possible.Now imagine that you meet a fellow traveller at a dusty bus stop outside La Paz and before long it's two for the road, footloose and fancy free. There's a whole new decade dawning and all the time in the world.Full of colour, beauty, romance and the pleasures of the unknown, this is the true story of life on the road for two young people back in the day when travel was one big adventure. The journey itself is the point of the experience, destinations are vaguely on the other side of the planet and getting there simply takes as long it takes.These really are journeys to write home about. Whether you made a similar journey, or wanted to, or would like to, or are yet to be seduced by the lure of the road less travelled, this is the book for you.

Author Biography

Steve Lowndes has had a checkered career since arriving in Aotearoa New Zealand in the winter of 1979. Making the transition from hippie traveller to being the father of two children was the first challenge. Five years as a builder's labourer were followed by fourteen years as the director of Akaroa Museum and during that time he wrote three short histories of Akaroa, Banks Peninsula and the Hurunui. He then went into local government serving on various boards and councils. He retired in 2019 as the Chairman of Environment Canterbury. Writing and painting have been twin drawcards that have engaged him throughout his life when work hasn't got in the way. Steve and Lisa parted company twenty years ago, but have stayed in close contact and this book, designed by their daughter Alicia, has been a collaborative family effort. He now lives at Birdlings Flat in Canterbury with his partner Susan Morrow.In the early 1980s, Lisa Potts and Steve Lowndes found an idyllic rundown 1860s cottage in the hills behind Akaroa. Lisa focused on rearing two children and adapting to an alternative lifestyle. She milked cows, chased sheep, looked after too many chooks and cats and lived the life of a homesteader. She developed and printed photographs in a small darkroom in one of the sheds on the property and at the same time worked for the inspirational herbalist, Gillian Polson, at The Herb Farm Grehan Valley. Lisa organized and managed the first Akaroa Music Festival in the sesquicentennial year of 1990 and for several years coordinated the Akaroa Spring School sponsored by the Arts Council of New Zealand. She worked as an assistant librarian at the Akaroa School and Community Library for many years. In the latter years, Lisa travelled extensively in Europe & Canada with her late partner, Willie Rutherford. She is now retired, still living on the same property, guarded by her faithful canine friend and surrounded by a perennial garden and the melodic song of bellbirds and tuis.

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Details ISBN1991103026 Author Lisa Potts Pages 320 Publisher Quentin Wilson Publishing Year 2022 ISBN-13 9781991103024 Format Paperback Publication Date 2022-10-28 Imprint Quentin Wilson Publishing Subtitle Stories from the world we explored in the 70s Place of Publication Christchurch Country of Publication New Zealand Illustrations 250 NZ Release Date 2022-10-28 Photographer Lisa Potts Audience General We've got this

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