Pat Ryan: 3 books

Pat Ryan works seasonally in upstate New York and spends his Winters traveling the world with a tent, a backpack and a very low budget. In fifteen Winters of traveling he has wandered around more than fifty countries on five continents. He carries a pen and spiral notebook as he travels and writes...

In December of 2008, Pat Ryan sets out on a journey through North Africa. He has a vague plan to reach the semi-mythical destination of Timbuktu. He's traveling alone, he doesn't speak the local languages and he has a very limited money supply. Nevertheless, he believes he will make it there. Along...

In response to a minor emotional crisis, a young, somewhat naive American man runs off to South America on a fool-hearty journey to "find himself." Over the course of several months, he wanders from the beaches and festival cities on the coast of Brazil to the dead center middle of the Amazon jungle....