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Fakirs, Feluccas and Femmes Fatales: Tales from an Incidental Traveller (Bradt Travel Guides)
E T Laing
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Description for Fakirs, Feluccas and Femmes Fatales: Tales from an Incidental Traveller (Bradt Travel Guides)
Paperback. Fakirs, Feluccas and Femmes Fatales - Travel literature and holiday reads by E T Laing featuring adventures and brief encounters while working in seventy countries. This book includes travel highs and lows, from dangerous war zones in Sierra Leone and Angola and near-death experiences in India to the pleasures of solo travel and cultural exchange. Series: Bradt Travel Guides (Travel Literature). Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 354. Tales from an Incidental Traveller. Series: Bradt Travel Guides (Travel Literature). 320 pages. A collection of brief encounters and adventures from working in seventy countries - a kaleidoscope of landscapes, sounds, smells, politics, humour dialogue and, above all, people. It offers an account of the author's travels. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: WTL. Dimension: 128 x 197 x 24. Weight: 360.
This is a unique collection of brief encounters and adventures from working in seventy countries - a kaleidoscope of landscapes, sounds, smells, politics, humour dialogue and, above all, people. E T Laing recounts episodes that include a Chinese Red Guard reminiscing about the day her parents were hauled in front of her to be sentenced; unreconstructed Russian apparatchiks; and sailors on a Turkmenistan ferry knocking back vodka. A warts-and-all account of the author's travels, with disasters and miseries alongside the high points, he takes you to danger zones, wars of startling savagery in Sierra Leone, Pakistan and ... Read more
This is a unique collection of brief encounters and adventures from working in seventy countries - a kaleidoscope of landscapes, sounds, smells, politics, humour dialogue and, above all, people. E T Laing recounts episodes that include a Chinese Red Guard reminiscing about the day her parents were hauled in front of her to be sentenced; unreconstructed Russian apparatchiks; and sailors on a Turkmenistan ferry knocking back vodka. A warts-and-all account of the author's travels, with disasters and miseries alongside the high points, he takes you to danger zones, wars of startling savagery in Sierra Leone, Pakistan and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bradt Travel Guides
Condition
New
Series
Bradt Travel Guides (Travel Literature)
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781841624396
SKU
V9781841624396
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About E T Laing
ET Laing's career in ports and shipping has taken him around the world for over forty years. Educated at Oxford University he lives with his family in London.
Reviews for Fakirs, Feluccas and Femmes Fatales: Tales from an Incidental Traveller (Bradt Travel Guides)
'...ideal for those with an avid interest in travelling, politics or history. Laing's work can only be described as an occasional but very enjoyable read. Essentially, if you've used up your air miles for 2012, this book is the ideal armchair travel read to take you on a metaphorical holiday.' Hampstead and Highgate Express '... a good choice ... Read more