Elliott Hester

Adventures of a Continental Drifter

An Around-The-World Excursion Into Weirdness, Danger, Lust, and the Perils of Street Food

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Produktbeschreibung

One year. Six continents. Twenty-two countries. Endless stories to tell. In October 2002, Elliott Hester sold his car, abandoned his apartment, and took off alone on a trip around the world, during which he drifted to more than fifty destinations. Elliott's tales about his travels range from the bizarre to the hilarious to the flat-out shocking. Travel with him as he: * Chases off transvestites in the South Pacific * Gets drunk on Estonian moonshine at the maker's eightieth birthday party * Impersonates Samuel L. Jackson at the 38th International Film Festival in the Czech Republic * Ponders the Finnish tradition of sprinting from steamy sauna to plunge into the frigid Baltic Sea---naked! * And much more Only an around-the-world excursion could produce such outlandish, hair-raising, hysterical adventures. And only Elliott Hester could make such vivid observations and write such vibrant insights about life---and people---on the road.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 453g
• ISBN-13: 9780312312428
• ISBN-10: 0312312423
• Artikelnr.: 21625963

Autorenporträt

Bestselling author Elliott Hester is a flight attendant, award-winning travel writer, and former Salon.com columnist. He writes "Continental Drifter," a syndicated travel column carried by the San Francisco Chronicle , The Miami Herald, New York Newsday, and other daily newspapers. He is the author of the books Plane Insanity and Adventures of a Continental Drifter . He lives in Miami Beach, Florida.