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Summary
Summary
The perfect trip, where nothing goes wrong, is surely not the memorable trip, which is where everything goes wrong and one lives to tell the tale -- and laugh about it. This collection captures the wackiest and most bizarre experiences of well-known writers whose travels have taken a detour. Stories include Nigel Barley escorting a monkey to the movies in Cameroon, Dave Barry vainly trying to learn more Japanese than how to order a beer, Alan Zweible high-tailing it to a nudist camp, Donna Marazzo bravely attempting to use a high-tech Italian toilet, and Richard Sterling feasting on deep-fried potato bugs in Burma. There are even practical tips here too; readers can surely learn from Mary Roach, who discovers that utilizing an Antarctic ice-sheet outhouse at the very moment a seal chooses to use its opening as a blowhole may not be the best way to start the day.
Table of Contents
Introduction | p. xii |
Nudity is a State of Mind | p. 1 |
Failing to Learn Japanese in Only Five Minutes | p. 12 |
Jugo Especial | p. 17 |
Under the Spell of a Witch Doctor | p. 20 |
An Irishman in Vurjinny | p. 29 |
The Deep Fried Potato Bug | p. 36 |
Down Jerky Road | p. 43 |
Bill's Stroll Through Paris | p. 47 |
Dragging the Family to the Magic Kingdom | p. 58 |
A Simian in the Cinema | p. 65 |
Blinded by the White | p. 74 |
Shipping Out | p. 78 |
The Great Goat Race | p. 96 |
Out of Teheran | p. 104 |
A Holy Holiday in Hell | p. 108 |
The Duck of Peace | p. 115 |
It's Monday...So This Must Be My Tax Write-Off in London | p. 128 |
Of Generals and Gentlemen | p. 132 |
The Great Invisible Pheasant Hunt | p. 138 |
Cena | p. 144 |
An Alarming Time | p. 146 |
This Land is Mine | p. 150 |
Heeding the Call | p. 153 |
A New Tourist in Town | p. 158 |
Damp in the Afternoon | p. 164 |
La Entrevista (The Interview) | p. 169 |
The Art of Riding a Third World Bus | p. 177 |
The Wrong Number | p. 182 |
Index of Contributors | p. 185 |
Acknowledgments | p. 186 |