Every traveller has a horror story
to tell: lost luggage, bad weather, illness
or worse. In this lively collection of
travel disaster tales, Lonely Planet
writers - Tony Wheeler, the publisher,
among them - share their worst moments
of life on the road.
From Kenya to Sri Lanka, from Brazil
to Finland, from the Australian outback
to India, these travellers have encountered
hurricanes, road accidents and nasty
parasites. Suzanne Possehl finds there
is life in the KGB yet, Tim Nollen discovers
the kindness of strangers and Anthony
Haywood survives a taxi ride through
Siberia. Dani Valent walks away from
a desert car crash, and Ryan Ver Berkmoes
is stranded in the Arctic Circle. Reading
these funny and frightening stories from
the dark side of the road will make you
think twice about a career as a travel
writer, but the best thing about them
is the knowledge that it all happened
to somebody else.
Other contributors: Jennifer Brewer,
Bruce Cameron, Andrew Draffen, Jim DuFresne,
Steve Fallon, Matt Fletcher, Susan Forsyth,
Paul Greenway, Rosemary Hall, David Harcombe,
Mark Honan, Scott McNeely, John Mock,
Randall Peffer, Nick Ray, Daniel Robinson,
Miles Roddis, Chris Rowthorn, Tony Wheeler,
Brad Wong and Pat Yale.
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