Abstract:
This book, resulting from a lifetime dream of circumnavigating the world, consists of travel memoirs written during a 21-country 220-day global backpacking odyssey in 1988 offering unique insights and fascinating experiences from a 37-year-old American; whether picking mangos on Bora-Bora, hiking New Zealand’s beautiful Fox Glacier, climbing Australia’s Ayers Rock, visiting forbidden Angkor Wat and war-torn Cambodia, trading on Burma’s flourishing black market, seeing Bahrain’s fabled Garden of Eden, re-discovering astonishing Italian art treasures, crawling in Vietcong tunnel in Cu- Chi, riding Swiss train in breathtaking Alps, or island-hopping fabulous Greece; a must-read for any avid traveler or anyone who dreams of exotic places.