Have you ever had the experience of looking back at something you've done and marveling at how you got to where you are? Perhaps even pondering how (and maybe why) you even started, and thinking over the trials, tribulations, and triumphs you experienced along the way?
In a way, that's what round-the-world moto traveler Noraly Schoenmaker's new book, Free Ride, imparts to those who read it. Viewers familiar with her YouTube channel, Itchy Boots, will likely make up a large number of the folks who pre-order this book, and maybe who even read it at first.
But although it centers on her first experiences taking on motorcycling in places like India and Qatar, it's not only a book by a motorcyclist, and written expressly for other motorcyclists. It's also a love letter to finding yourself through travel, to healing previously broken parts of yourself by getting out of your comfort zone, trying new things, and meeting new—and mostly incredibly kind—people.