Around the World in 80 Travel Tales describes unusual, bizarre, and memorable experiences from the author’s sixteen month odyssey to thirty countries on five continents. It includes eighty short chapters (one of which has helpful bargaining tips for travelers), thirty-nine color photographs, regional and country maps, an index and a glossary.
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Peter Kurze was born in Kathmandu, Nepal. The son of a retired U.S. Foreign Service Officer, he has travelled extensively around the world.
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Great Book for the real or armchair traveler!,
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This review is from: Around the World in 80 Travel Tales (Paperback)
As a fellow traveler, (currently on an extended travel break to raise children), it was great fun to read this book! Each story is a brief (often hilarious) vignette about a wonderous, exotic place that I would love to visit when my traveling days resume. Kurze's tongue in cheek descriptions made it hard to put the book down but it was easy to read a story or two a day and get a bit of wanderlust satisfied! I especially liked the clever and varied quotations at the beginnning of each tale.
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In mid-2000, after three years of working in Tokyo, I bade Japan farewell and returned to the United States to make preparations for the journey of a lifetime, a 16-month round-the-world odyssey to 30 countries on five continents: Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia, Greece, Italy, the Holy See (Vatican City), San Marino, Switzerland, Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Iceland. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Inle Lake, Mama Hanh, Nha Trang, New Delhi, United States, Mister Sunshine, Bahar Dar, Luang Prabang, South Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Doc Let, Mount Sinai, Red Sea, South Island, Vang Vieng, Annapurna Conservation Area, Czech Republic, Great Wall, Ninh Hoa, North Island, Santa Claus Syndrome, Addis Ababa New!
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In mid-2000, after three years of working in Tokyo, I bade Japan farewell and returned to the United States to make preparations for the journey of a lifetime, a 16-month round-the-world odyssey to 30 countries on five continents: Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia, Greece, Italy, the Holy See (Vatican City), San Marino, Switzerland, Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Iceland. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Inle Lake, Mama Hanh, Nha Trang, New Delhi, United States, Mister Sunshine, Bahar Dar, Luang Prabang, South Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Doc Let, Mount Sinai, Red Sea, South Island, Vang Vieng, Annapurna Conservation Area, Czech Republic, Great Wall, Ninh Hoa, North Island, Santa Claus Syndrome, Addis Ababa New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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