"The Man Who Walked Through Time" -Part 1 - Reading Children's Books

I've got up to page 42 and I'd like to post a little about the book simply because it asks me the great question of "Why?" Why does one person decide to do something that is not obviously ordinary, conforming and sensible but rather does it simply .... That evening I escaped from the crowded places--from the asphalt and its automobiles, from tourists harnessed to their cameras, from hotel porters in garish red jackets--and walked along an unfrequented stretch of the Rim. ...