Wanderlust: A story of personal growth, empathy, romance, and the harsh realities of a year long horseback adventure on the Asian steppe
December 4, 2020 by Luisa Mayr and Pete Breidahl (Author)
A story of personal growth, empathy, romance, and the harsh realities of a yearlong horseback adventure on the Asian steppe.
The twists and turns that led a young woman and her faithful dog to ride across Asia with a complete stranger are complex, and not far off the script of a hastily slapped together sitcom. Pete and Luisa could not be more opposite; a wild and obnoxious Australian hunter with a dark past and a bubbly, free spirited former vegan and trained vegan chef from Bavaria.
United by their love of horses and dogs, they set off unprepared, under-equipped and way out of their depth just days after a chance meeting in a Mongolian park. It's a journey full of personal failures and triumphs; romance, and dreams shattered, lost, re-claimed and rebuilt only to fall apart once more. But if I am to start anywhere, then perhaps I start by saying we wrote this book for people just like us. So, if you do contemplate taking any sort of personal journey of self-discovery, you have a chance to avoid many of our failures.
We hope these stories both inspire and educate others that dream of doing something they can look back on and smile about in years to come... smile knowing they did something reckless, beautiful and inspiring; and that even in failure, there can be success. This is a book written by a dreamer and a drunk, who's ambitions exceeded their abilities to such a degree... magic happened daily amid the chaos.
Telling the story of our adventure chronologically seems wrong to us; instead, we’re excited to share the lessons that taught us the most, and offer a glimpse at our feelings and emotions, as well as advice on how to take your own crazy trip. If you are brave, empathetic, physically fit and a little crazy... then go make your own mistakes like we did.
We aren't special, we’re just normal people that decided life was too short.
“Wanderlust has a strong horse focus, but think of it more like the show Top Gear. It's got a little something for everyone; especially anyone who's gazed out the window at work and thought... man, I wish I could just walk out the door and never look back.” Breanna Wilson, Travel writer.
Wanderlust was updated in December 2021 to include 90 images, and to tidy it up as the original was written on a free version of word and an old laptop. This version is no longer available sorry.
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