The author survives with odd jobs in Tokyo, celebrates Christmas in Rio and discovers that very fat women are being worshipped like goddesses in Jamaica. He learns how to catch lobsters in Maine, escapes warlike conditions in Haiti and shells out $200 for a bottle of bottom-shelf whisky in Alaska. In Moscow he gets in trouble with the Russian mafia, in Sri Lanka he discovers the secret of Buddha's tooth, and in Cairo he is haunted by the "Curse of the Pharaoh." "A fun look at the world." "Want to go to exotic places? Read this first " "Full of funny encounters around the globe." (Reviews on Amazon) The author is a freelance journalist. Half of his travel stories were commissioned by public radio, the other half resulted from curiosity and weird coincidences.
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