Gina Gaille, Scott Gaille

Strange Tales of World Travel (eBook, ePUB)

* bizarre * mysterious * horrible * hilarious *

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"What's the strangest thing you've ever seen or experienced?"

Gina and Scott Gaille have traveled to more than 100 countries, including many off-the-beaten-path places in Africa, South America, and Asia. Wherever they go, they ask this question. Everyone has a story, and some are truly extraordinary.

Strange Tales of World Travel recounts 50 of these Bizarre, Mysterious, Horrible, Hilarious encounters, including:

Daring Diplomat, who ate the flesh of the venomous cobra bird in the Sahara Desert

Pearl Trader, who survived a fever through a harrowing "human" honey treatment in Oman

Agent Ghost, who was shot and left to die in a garbage dump in Africa

Death-Defying Instagrammer, who stepped on the tail of the world's sixth most venomous snake in Australia to take a better photo

Human Pet, who became a prince's prisoner in Qatar

Imperial CEO, who made a minion fly twelve hours to Paris from Abu Dhabi to buy clean underwear

Gorilla Doll, who broke the rules of visiting Rwandan gorillas and got dragged up the side of a volcano

Strange Tales of World Travel presents unforgettable stories that celebrate the unique character of countries around the globe-and the distinctive characters that make travel endlessly intriguing and exhilarating.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Travelers' Tales
• Altersempfehlung: ab 14 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781609521707
• Artikelnr.: 56802291

Autorenporträt

Gina and Scott Gaille are passionate world travelers whose thirst for international experience began in their childhoods in small-town America. Gina grew up in central Michigan, and Scott in south Texas. While their classmates wanted to be actors, athletes, or rock stars, Scott and Gina both dreamed of exploring the world. Gina's favorite TV show was Hart to Hart, whose globetrotting detectives-played by Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers-journeyed to China, Australia, South America, Europe, and the Caribbean. Scott spent Sunday evenings glued to Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, whose safari-jacketed host, Marlin Perkins, introduced him to exotic landscapes and their peoples. It was Gina and Scott's shared passion for experiential travel that brought them together as a couple. As an international energy expert, Scott frequently travels around the world as a consultant and speaks on issues affecting the energy industry at corporations, campuses, and conferences. He is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago Law School and an Adjunct Professor of Management at Rice University's Graduate School of Business. He is the author of three energy textbooks and the Gaille Energy Blog.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Don George 1. Shark Repellent, Bora Bora 2. Cobra Bird, Sahara Desert 3. Contagions, Botswana 4. Honey of Man, Oman 5. Beware of Road Surprises, Emirate of Sharjah 6. Feeding Frenzy, Galápagos Islands 7. No Snake Dies Before Midnight, Kangaroo Island 8. The Emperor Has No Underwear, United Arab Emirates 9. Road Warrior, Nigeria 10. Agent Ghost, Somewhere in Africa 11. Here, Little Birdie, Kenya 12. The Human Pet, Qatar 13. That
s Not a Rubber Ducky, Equatorial Guinea 14. Great White Shark Buffet, Southern Ocean 15. UFOs, South America and Caribbean Sea 16. Shere Khan, India 17. The Fourth Girlfriend, Lithuania 18. The Dying Giraffe, South Africa 19. Smooth Air Decree, Oman 20. Evicted, Angola 21. The Floating Islands, Peru 22. The First Hmong Lawyer in Laos, Laos 23. A Pug in Peril, Saudi Arabia 24. The Accidental Masseur, Madagascar 25. Hello, Mr. Bin Laden, Pakistan 26. Prehistoric Forest, Seychelles Islands 27. Too Close for Comfort, Rwanda 28. Lord of the Flies, British Virgin Islands 29. Digging Your Own Grave, Mauritania 30. Bush Meat, Cameroon 31. The Cat in the Hat, Kangaroo Island 32. Dr. Ebola, Central Africa 33. One Person
s Pet Is Another
s...Dinner, Ecuador 34. Be Careful What You Admire, Emirate of Abu Dhabi 35. The Red Carpet Isn
t for Me, Gabon 36. The Askari, Tanzania 37. The Polar Bear, Arctic Ocean 38. Tsetse Fly Food, Serengeti Plains 39. The Concierge, South Australia 40. Valley of Mole Rats, The Rift Valley 41. The Real Equator, Ecuador 42. The Land of Hospitality, Japan 43. The Home of Vodun, Togo 44. The Hidden People, Iceland 45. Sea of Scooters, Vietnam 46. Road Kill Art, Australia 47. Don
t Mess with the Cape Buffalo, Malawi 48. The Tanzanite Miner, Mount Kilimanjaro 49. The Elephant Graveyard, Ngorongoro Crater 50. Mayan God, Guatemala Acknowledgments About the Authors