For too long now Phaîc Tan has been closed
off from the outside world, a country visited each
year by just a handful of hardy travellers, aid agency
workers and hostage negotiators. But now, thanks to
this fully up-dated Jetlag guide, everything you need
to know about planning a trip to Phaîc Tan, birthplace
of the trouser press and irritable bowel syndrome,
is here.
From the authors of best-selling Molvanîa comes
another hilarious send-up of the always-culturally
sensitive travel guide.
Whether you'd prefer to taste the Phaîc Tanese
dish guoman (a local duck delicacy whereby the bird
is plucked, rolled in spices, and slowly roasted over
hot coals before being brought to the table and killed),
or go brown-water rafting on the mudslides of the heavily
deforested jungles of the north, or gain insight into
the unusual customs of the Phaîc Tanese people
(Phaîc Tanese men will often touch a blonde-headed
child because so doing is believed to bring gold, and
will likewise touch the breasts of a blonde-headed
woman because so doing is believed to bring pleasure),
Jetlag's travel guide is the essential guide for the
undiscerning traveller. A fascinating land of contrasts
with one foot in the past and another striding determinedly
forward, Phaic Tan truly is a nation going in circles.
See a map of
Phaîc Tan and check out their website: Phaîc
Tan Tourism Bureau.
The authors are Australian filmmakers; their stated
purpose is to take people where they don't want to
go.
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