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The Backpacker: The True Story of Wild Adventures and Even Wilder Parties in South-East Asia - A Travel Classic

The Backpacker: The True Story of Wild Adventures and Even Wilder Parties in South-East Asia - A Travel Classic

by JohnHarris (Author)

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    Paperback 2009

    $9.46
Synopsis

Leaving the blinding sand for the cool shade of the trees, I walked carefully through the undergrowth to where Dave, using two twigs as chopsticks, was picking up a freshly severed human finger...

John's trip to India starts badly when he finds himself looking at the sharp end of a knife in a train station cubicle. His life is saved by the enigmatic Rick, who persuades John to abandon his mundane plans for the future for much, much more. Fast forward to the Thai island of Koh Pha-Ngan where they pose as millionaire aristocrats in a hedonistic Eden of beautiful girls, free drugs and wild beach parties. Soon pursued by Thai Mafia, they escape to Indonesia, Australia and Hong Kong, facing danger at every turn.

Filled with wild adventures in exotic locations, this is not travel writing for the faint-hearted: this is an amazing true story of the hunt for excess at any cost.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 384
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: Summersdale
Published: 03 Aug 2009
ISBN 10: 1840247711
ISBN 13: 9781840247718

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Author Bio
At the age of 18, after a variety of dismal package holidays, John Harris bought a ticket to Egypt; things would never be the same again. Following a few years of on-off travel, mostly in Africa, he decided to go a stage further and work in the developing world, joining VSO to work as a building instructor in Nigeria. Back in London, life proved uninspiring and the draw of distant shores called again. John set off on his trip round South-East Asia which later formed the background for The Backpacker.