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Lonely Planet founder, Tony Wheeler, joins other authors in a collection of travel disaster stories. Mishaps include a rampaging elephant in Sri Lanka and a drunken shoot-out in Tibet.
From Publishers Weekly
This collection of 26 first-person essays by Lonely Planet writers includes tales that describe, in mostly self-effacing detail, the horrors and embarrassments that can befall even the most seasoned travelers. Getting into his car after a soul-cleansing hike in "Walking the Mount Kailash Circuit," Wheeler, founder of Lonely Planet Publications, is startled when a drunk Tibetan repeatedly slams his head against the car windshield. In her Kafkaesque tale of her detention in a police station in Mirny, a desolate Siberian city, Suzanne Possehl writes: "I tell him I write for Lonely Planet; he looks at me like I'm from another planet." Andrew Draffen details in "The Local Cure" how he survived a case of Bicho Geographico, a parasite he picked up while walking (stoned) along a beach in Trancoso, in the northeast section of Brazil. He turned to native bartender Ulysses, who recommended a natural way to stop the parasite from burrowing too far into the travel writer's skin. The remedy? Draffen tied a huge block of ice to his foot and drank caiupirinhas till he was too soused to worry; eventually, the parasite froze "estupidamente gelada (stupidly cold)." Readers wanting a real look at what it's like to work in one of the most seemingly glamorous professions will find a wide variety of insider information and confessions of na?vet? and helplessness experienced in remote parts of the world. (Nov.)
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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11 人中、9人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Dissapointing
1999/11/23
形式:ペーパーバック
Despite the promising title and concept the book is very dissapointing, bland and boring. It is hard to believe that Lonely Planet authors did not have more engaging stories to tell. I think Lonely Planet has lost its edge trying to be all things to all travellers. I mean who needs $300 a night hotel listings in the "backpackers' bible"? Most of the stories in this collection are tame and uninspiring. If you are looking for "disaster" travel stories, check out the collection of twisted travel writing Fortune Hotel (ed. Sarah Champion) available through Amazon's UK website. That is a fantastic book!
5 人中、4人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Intruiging travel; good stories
2000/3/16
形式:ペーパーバック
While travel "disasters" may be a stretch of things, this is still a good collection of stories. This book accomplishes what any travel anthology ought to: it intrigues and interests the reader, making one want to travel.
1 人中、1人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
surprisingly disappointing
2002/1/3
形式:ペーパーバック|Amazonが確認した購入
I sure was expecting more from a Lonely Planet publication. As other reviewers wrote--most of these stories were boring and not well written. I gave it one shining star for the story by Ryan Ver Berkmoes! He wrote an interesting story with a few snide remarks scattered thru-out. His was the only story, really, fun to read.
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