"Through provocative insights and observations, Tom Reed
explores the ruggedly beautiful landscape of Southern Chile and
Argentina as intensely as he examines the current social,
political, and cultural landscapes of North America and his own
rich inner and spiritual life. Deeply personal, intellectually
astute, and searingly honest, Reed misses no nuance in his inward
and outward search for a place he can truly call home.
"Equal parts Romanticist, Beat, Transcendentalist, and Zen
Master, Reed is a refreshingly unique new voice in travel and
social commentary, and THE OTHER SIDE is an important journey for
all who are seeking to discover what it means to truly thrive as
individuals and societies in today's complex world."
-Lauryn Axelrod, Founder of GoNomad.com, alternative travel
website
Deeply discontented and disturbed by the state of the Union at
the beginning of the second G.W. Bush term, veteran traveler and
wilderness photographer, Tom Reed, sets out in search of a new home
in South America, his imagined Paradise. He chooses Chile, a place
he hopes is the Utopian opposite of his beloved California
coast.
Armed with a backpack full of hiking gear, a sharp eye, a bold
pen, and an iPod that plays an inspiring soundtrack, Reed explores
the wild landscapes, diverse people and fascinating cultures of
southern Chile and Argentina while embarking on an unflinchingly
honest journey to examine his own beliefs, yearnings, and
experience. His wide-ranging odyssey takes him on buses, boats and
trails through cities and towns, remote villages and pristine
forests, to mountain camps and surfers' beaches, where love affairs
and politics, philosophy and ecology, religion and lost cameras all
merge into a life-changing, mind-altering adventure. From the
summits of high Andean peaks to the depths of his most personal
thoughts and spiritual ideals, Reed seeks to discover what it means
to be at home in the world, and in your own skin.
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