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Hike Drive Stayin’ Alive<\/h2>\n

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10 Stories of Adventure<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Hike, Drive, Stayin\u2019 Alive! is the first book in a series of ten travel stories by The Raven Brothers.<\/span><\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n

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After two decades pioneering new routes across the globe, you would expect the authors of Driving the Trans-Siberian to be hotshot explorers, with a sixth sense and an ability to survive in almost any situation. Think again! With virtually zero knowledge of the workings of the internal combustion engine and very limited skills of wilderness survival, Simon and Chris struggle into their hiking boots and power across three continents by river, tarmac and trail.<\/span><\/p>\n

Venture to the top of Norway, cruise the road to Damascus, hike the Camino trail into Spain’s Wild West, row the Ganges, explore Frida Kahlo’s world in Mexico City, hangout with the dead in Sicily’s eerie catacombs, crawl deep inside Bolivia’s notorious silver mine, seek lions in Gujarat, wellness in Berlin and journey into the Naga Hills where tribal kings still rule.<\/span><\/p>\n

Noted by Lonely Planet for their talent to portray an “accurate view of what to expect\u201d, Hike, Drive, Stayin’ Alive! signals a return to the duo writing “buttock clenching” travel comedy with the first in a series of candid stories of adventure by The Raven Brothers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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About Us<\/h2>\n

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The Raven Brothers were born in the United Kingdom. The first published work by the authors,\u00a0Living the Linger<\/em>, tells the story of a journey of lost love and a search for the truth during a road trip through backcountry USA.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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DRIVING the TRANS-SIBERIAN\u00a0<\/h3>\n

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RUSSIA ROAD TRIP<\/span><\/h4>\n

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The Ultimate Road Trip Across Russia<\/p>\n

Ever had the desire to jump in your car and keep driving? Well, that is precisely what The Raven Brothers decided to do whilst stacking boxes of frozen oven chips in a -30 degrees freezer. With a squeaky foot pump and an SAS survival guide, the travel writing duo fired up their rusty Ford Sierra and headed east.<\/span><\/div>\n
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With virtually zero knowledge of the internal combustion engine, Simon and Chris skip over ten time zones in the beat up petrol engine saloon they used for work. Driving through endless rivers and canyons in a bid to cross the notorious Zilov Gap in darkest Siberia, the trusty duo capture the true spirit of overland travel during a life-altering journey into one of the world\u2019s last frontiers.<\/span>
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LIVING the LINGER<\/h3>\n

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Through Backcountry USA<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Disillusioned with life in the big city, The Raven Brothers embark on a road trip from Seattle to Los Angeles through backcountry USA.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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The sudden break-up with Emily Willow finds Simon Raven, ex-amateur rock god and bored online producer, on a Boeing bound for Seattle. Led by his twin brother, Chris, who is more than happy to exchange a career in fashion photography for the open road, they embark on a buttock-clenching journey of paranoia and self-doubt, as they traverse Interstate 15 across backcountry America.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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CARNIVAL EXPRESS<\/h3>\n

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A South America Adventure<\/span><\/h4>\n

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The Raven Brothers put their dream plans into action and traverse the Trans-oceanic highway from the Pacific to the Atlantic Coast of South America.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Pioneering a new frontier over the Andes and through the heart of the Peruvian Amazon, the bizarre and the beautiful cross their dusty path as they seek inspiration for a new book and go in search of the ultimate carnival. Not always getting it right, Simon and Chris lose themselves in the mysterious world of the Inca Empire, swim with caiman in the Madre de Dios, experience panic in the Pantanal, The Rolling Stones in Rio and conclude their journey in Olinda at the carnival of the soul.<\/span><\/div>\n

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BLACK SEA CIRCUIT<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Driving the Black Sea<\/span><\/h4>\n

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The legends of Jason and the Argonauts, Noah\u2019s Ark and a tribe of fierce female warriors known as the Amazons all originate from the Black Sea.\u00a0<\/strong><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

—> ON AMAZON<\/a><\/p>\n

Gripped by curiosity, The Raven Brothers fire up their twenty year old Volvo that looks, \u201cas rustic and weather-beaten as a Cold War tank\u201d and embark on a quest to drive full circle around this ancient body of water at the birthplace of civilization.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the shadow of rising tension in Ukraine, the brothers get up close and personal with the fascinating people who inhabit the six nations that surround these colourful shores. Living on the road like the nomadic horse bowmen who once ruled the steppe grasslands, they explore Crimea, the Caucasus region of southern Russia\u2019s \u201cWild West\u201d, the Georgian kingdom of Colchis, Turkey\u2019s Pontic coast, the megacity of Istanbul and complete their journey in Romania at the outfall of the mighty River Danube<\/span><\/p>\n

A career in overland adventure travel was launched when Simon and Chris coaxed a rusty Ford Sierra across Siberia from the UK to Vladivostok. Priding themselves in going it alone, the brothers have been noted by Lonely Planet for their talent to portray an \u201caccurate view of what to expect\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hike Drive Stayin’ Alive10 Stories of AdventureHike, Drive, Stayin\u2019 Alive! is the first book in a series of ten travel stories by The Raven Brothers. —> ON AMAZON After two decades pioneering new routes across the globe, you would expect the authors of Driving the Trans-Siberian to be hotshot explorers, with a sixth sense and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n10 Stories of adventure\r\n

<\/span><\/em>Hike,\r\nDrive, Stayin\u2019 Alive! is the first book in a series of ten travel\r\nstories by The Raven Brothers.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n

---> ON AMAZON<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

After two decades pioneering new routes across\r\nthe globe, you would expect the authors of Driving the Trans-Siberian to be\r\nhotshot explorers, with a sixth sense and an ability to survive in almost any\r\nsituation. Think again! With virtually zero knowledge of the workings of the\r\ninternal combustion engine and very limited skills of wilderness survival, Simon\r\nand Chris struggle into their hiking boots and power across three continents by\r\nriver, tarmac and trail.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Venture\r\nto the top of Norway, cruise the road to Damascus, hike the Camino trail into\r\nSpain's Wild West, row the Ganges, explore Frida Kahlo's world in Mexico City,\r\nhangout with the dead in Sicily's eerie catacombs, crawl deep inside Bolivia's\r\nnotorious silver mine, seek lions in Gujarat, wellness in Berlin and journey\r\ninto the Naga Hills where tribal kings still rule.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n

Noted\r\nby Lonely Planet for their talent to portray an \"accurate view of what to\r\nexpect\u201d, Hike, Drive, Stayin' Alive! signals a return to the duo writing\r\n\"buttock clenching\" travel comedy with the first in a series of\r\ncandid stories of adventure by The Raven Brothers.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nABOUT US\r\n

The Raven Brothers were born in the United\r\nKingdom. The first published work by the authors, Living the Linger<\/em>, tells the story of a journey of lost love and a\r\nsearch for the truth during a road trip through backcountry USA.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

A year later, the brothers became established\r\ntravel writers following a life-altering drive from the UK to Vladivostok in a\r\nrusty Ford Sierra. Noted by Lonely Planet for their talent to portray an\r\n\u201caccurate view of what to expect\u201d, the book Driving\r\nthe Trans-Siberian<\/em> spurred a life on the road.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

<\/span>Carnival Express was the concluding title in the\r\n\u2018Linger Series\u2019 trilogy, and follows two struggling writers on a South America\r\nadventure. A period of photojournalism, documenting new and off the beaten\r\ntrack destinations, tribal India, China\u2019s deep south and Crimea, led to the\r\nrelease of Black Sea Circuit.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>
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Seizing a narrow window of opportunity to cross the notorious Caucasus frontier, the book explores great legends from Jason and the Argonauts to a tribe of fierce female warriors known as the Amazons. The release of Hike, Drive, Stayin\u2019 Alive! signals a return to the duo writing \u201cbuttock clenching\u201d travel comedy, with the first in a collection of ten candid stories of adventure by The Raven Brothers.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Ultimate Road Trip Across Russia\r\n

Ever had the desire to jump in your car and keep\r\ndriving?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n

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After two decades pioneering new routes across\r\nthe globe, you would expect the authors of Driving the Trans-Siberian to be\r\nhotshot explorers, with a sixth sense and an ability to survive in almost any\r\nsituation. Think again! With virtually zero knowledge of the workings of the\r\ninternal combustion engine and very limited skills of wilderness survival, Simon\r\nand Chris struggle into their hiking boots and power across three continents by\r\nriver, tarmac and trail.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Venture\r\nto the top of Norway, cruise the road to Damascus, hike the Camino trail into\r\nSpain's Wild West, row the Ganges, explore Frida Kahlo's world in Mexico City,\r\nhangout with the dead in Sicily's eerie catacombs, crawl deep inside Bolivia's\r\nnotorious silver mine, seek lions in Gujarat, wellness in Berlin and journey\r\ninto the Naga Hills where tribal kings still rule.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n

Noted\r\nby Lonely Planet for their talent to portray an \"accurate view of what to\r\nexpect\u201d, Hike, Drive, Stayin' Alive! signals a return to the duo writing\r\n\"buttock clenching\" travel comedy with the first in a series of\r\ncandid stories of adventure by The Raven Brothers.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFreedom on the American Highway\r\n

Disillusioned\r\nwith life in the big city, The Raven Brothers embark on a road trip from\r\nSeattle to Los Angeles through backcountry USA.<\/strong><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n

---> ON AMAZON<\/a>
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The sudden break up with Emily Willow finds\r\nSimon Raven, ex-amateur rock god and bored internet producer, on a Boeing 747\r\nbound for Seattle. Led by his twin brother, Chris, who is more than happy to\r\nexchange a career in fashion photography for the open road, they embark on a\r\nbuttock clenching journey of paranoia and self-doubt, as they traverse\r\nInterstate Highway 15 through backcountry America.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Along\r\nthe way the hapless heroes bumble through bear infested wilderness, meet the\r\neccentric and plain weird on the American freeway, escape a bullwhip wielding\r\nmaniac in Montana and survive the evils of Las Vegas. Testing their friendship\r\nto the limit as they battle to reach their nirvana, which exists in the form of\r\nthe bikini beaches of California, the brothers find inspiration on a journey\r\nthat exposes the stark truth about work and relationships and which asks the\r\nquestion - what do you really want to do with your life?<\/span><\/p><\/o:p><\/span>\r\n

Living\r\nthe Linger is the first book in the \u2018Linger Series\u2019 travel trilogy.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nA South America Adventure\r\n

From\r\nbull's testicles in Buenos Aires to bums and boobs on the beaches of Brazil.<\/strong><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n

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The\r\nRaven Brothers embark on a new comedy adventure, as they attempt to traverse\r\nthe Trans-oceanic highway from the Pacific to the Atlantic Coast of South\r\nAmerica. Not always getting it right, the travel writing duo tango through the\r\nArgentinean vineyards, cycle to the Moon in the Atacama Desert, survive death\r\nroads in the Peruvian Andes and venture deep into the heart of the Amazon\r\njungle, with only one mission in mind, to go in search of the real carnival!<\/span><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n

Carnival Express is the third book in the\r\n\u2018Linger Series\u2019 travel trilogy.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAn Adventure Through the Caucasus\r\n

The\r\nlegends of Jason and the Argonauts, Noah\u2019s Ark and a tribe of fierce female\r\nwarriors known as the Amazons all originate from the Black Sea.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n

---> ON AMAZON<\/a>
<\/p>\r\n

Gripped by curiosity, The Raven Brothers fire up their twenty year old Volvo that looks, \u201cas rustic and weather-beaten as a Cold War tank\u201d and embark on a quest to drive full circle around this ancient body of water at the birthplace of civilization.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In the shadow of rising tension in Ukraine, the\r\nbrothers get up close and personal with the fascinating people who inhabit the\r\nsix nations that surround these colourful shores. Living on the road like the\r\nnomadic horse bowmen who once ruled the steppe grasslands, they explore Crimea,\r\nthe Caucasus region of southern Russia\u2019s \u201cWild West\u201d, the Georgian kingdom of\r\nColchis, Turkey\u2019s Pontic coast, the megacity of Istanbul and complete their\r\njourney in Romania at the outfall of the mighty River Danube<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n

A\r\ncareer in overland adventure travel was launched when Simon and Chris coaxed a\r\nrusty Ford Sierra across Siberia from the UK to Vladivostok. Priding themselves\r\nin going it alone, the brothers have been noted by Lonely Planet for their\r\ntalent to portray an \u201caccurate view of what to expect\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nALL BOOKS AVAILABLE ON AMAZON\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-187","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samosirbooks.com\/ravenbrothers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samosirbooks.com\/ravenbrothers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samosirbooks.com\/ravenbrothers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samosirbooks.com\/ravenbrothers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samosirbooks.com\/ravenbrothers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187"}],"version-history":[{"count":122,"href":"https:\/\/samosirbooks.com\/ravenbrothers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":235492,"href":"https:\/\/samosirbooks.com\/ravenbrothers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/187\/revisions\/235492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samosirbooks.com\/ravenbrothers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}