(MONEY Magazine) – As soon as he could, Jim Rogers retired from investing to pursue his true passion, travel. So Rogers, who co-founded the Quantum fund with George Soros, took to circling the world, first on a motorcycle in 1990 and then in a custom-made yellow Mercedes in 1999. His feats inspired Adventure Capitalist, which just came out. Rogers stopped by MONEY to discuss his most recent trip.

Q. Which countries excite you?

A. I'm anxious to invest in Bolivia, East Timor, Angola and China. I'd love to find a way to invest in Iraq. I'd stay away from Mexico because it's running down its oil reserves.

Q. You mentioned that you're bullish on commodities. Why?

A. In the last 20 years, it's all been about investing in stocks, funds and bonds. But there's been no investment in raw materials. Meanwhile, demand has grown. If you look back at 1906 to 1923 and 1966 to 1982, periods when equities were flat to down, commodities went through the roof. I started an index to track commodity prices in August 1998. It's up 14% a year since then, and we've got another five to 10 years in this cycle. --PABLO GALARZA