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Handsomest Man in Cuba

Handsomest Man in Cuba

by Lynette Chiang (Author)

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    Paperback 2007

    $24.25
Synopsis

An engaging, witty account of the people, customs, food, and culture of Cuba framed by a fascinating approach to travel. With only a folding bicycle and a towable suitcase, Australian Lynette Chiang spent three months touring Cuba, eshewing tourist hotels and typical iteneraries in favor of an unpredictable day-to-day existence among ordinary citizens. She discovered a people who, despite great privation, are warm, generous--and generally happy. Her narrative covers equally well the challenges of travel on two wheels and the surprises of life in the land of Fidel. Read more about Lynette at http: //www.galfromdownunder.com/cuba/

$24.25

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 280
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
Published: 01 Apr 2007
ISBN 10: 0762743905
ISBN 13: 9780762743902

Media Reviews
This is a book not just for bikies, not just for tourists, and not just for those with one of the usual axes to grind about Cuban and its regime. This is travel literature at its best. --Rob van der Plas, publisher of Cycling Publishing A wonderful reflection on the joys of cycling and seeing the world on a bicycle. --Mark Mobius, author of Passports to Profits This is one of the best 'on the road' travel books of this generation. --Martin Stevenson, The Launceston Examiner, Australia In the glut of Cuban travel books, this one really stands out. --Caroline Baum, The Sun Herald, Australia A song of praise for the humanity and simple decency of Cubans. -- The Sydney Morning Herald
Author Bio
Lynette Chiang fled a decent job, three-bedroom house, fastish car, and nice bloke in Sydney, Australia, and--armed with a congenitally poor sense of direction--set off to see the world on a folding bicycle. She has traveled solo ever since, living and working in Britain, Ireland, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Mexico, Peru, and the United States. Forbes.com named Chiang one of its exclusive Rugged Individualists. She currently works as a customer evangelist and roving online content writer for Bike Friday, and she often is interviewed by the business press for her work in relationship marketing. Her latest cycling movie, Route 66 by Bicycle: Pedaling the Mother Road, was produced in conjunction with Race Across America legend Lon Haldeman. Read more of Chiang's bedtime stories at www.galfromdownunder.com.