Whilst at oxford Tim severin (brendan voyage,sinbad voyage et al),
decided to clear up some bits of Marco polo's journey to the east. He talked a
friend into it & enlisted a cockney film maker. He somehow convinced BSA to
give him 2 motorcycles, to make the trip on. Unfortunatley none of the 3 could
ride, they all failed their uk Motorcycle test, but rode off anyway as their
IDPs covered bikes.

If you took "Motorcycle Diaries" and replaced the politics with
medieval history then this is what you get. There is some intresting stuff
about Marco's travels and some very intresting stuff (in the last chapter)
about expedition planning. ( )