“What’s the strangest thing you’ve ever seen?”
Gina and Scott Gaille have asked this question in the more than 100 countries they have visited over the past 15 years. And the answers they have heard will surprise, amuse, delight, inspire, and sometimes shock you.
In these pages, you’ll meet:
Hotel Lawyer, whose innocent mistake almost got a chef killed in Libya Mormon Skier, who could not be seduced by liquor, ladies, or boys in KazakhstanMidnight Cowboy, whose life bridges the big city and a jungle village in SurinameAgent Ghost, who was shot and left to die in a pile of garbage in AfricaPearl Trader, who survived a life-threatening fever by a harrowing honey treatment in OmanShark Guide, whose terrified tourist discovered a unique way to repel a shark in Bora BoraDaring Diplomat, who ate the flesh of the venomous cobra bird in the Sahara DesertFourth Girlfriend, who was offered a most unusual relationship in LithuaniaGame Driver, who witnessed a family’s all-too-close encounter with a giraffe and a lion Human Pet, who became a prince’s prisoner in QatarWith the Internet spreading a homogenous media culture around the world, the appreciation—and the very existence—of our global differences threatens to fade away. Strange Tales of World Travel presents unforgettable stories that celebrate the distinctive character of countries around the globe—and the distinctive characters that make travel endlessly intriguing and exhilarating.
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