There's No Toilet Paper on the Road Less Traveled : The Best of Travel Humor and Misadventure (Travelers' Tales Guides) - Softcover

Lansky, Doug

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1885211279 ISBN 13: 9781885211279

Publisher: Travelers' Tales Inc, 1998

Synopsis

A rolling stone may gather no moss, but one thing it does gather is funny stories, as this collection of goofy travel essays shows. The perfect trip, where nothing goes wrong, is surely not the memorable trip, which is where "everything" goes wrong and one lives to tell the tale and laugh about it.

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Review:

Good travel writing is inspirational. It can inspire you to set off for unpronounceable capitals of wee, distant kingdoms, or, in the case of There's No Toilet Paper, inspire you to burn your passport and settle more securely into your comfy chair, feet up, and eyes riveted to the next more-humorous-in-the-retelling-than-it-was-in-the-experiencing story. It also makes pleasant airplane fodder on your way to your own misadventure. Doug Lansky has collected a fine trove of comic (when it's not happening to you) travel moments, as told by the best in travel humor. Dave Barry writes eloquently about failing to learn any Japanese save for how to order beer (pronounced "bee-roo") and big beer (pronounced "big bee-roo"). Mary Roach points out that utilizing an Antarctic ice-sheet outhouse at the very moment that a seal chooses to use its opening as a blowhole is an inauspicious way to start the day. And Bill Bryson stumbles disconsolately about Paris, wondering "Why does everyone hate me so much?" There are 28 stories in all, by 20 very funny writers who traverse the world and provide a great deal of amusement for those of us who aren't locked in a Dutch public bathroom without a handle or a light. --Stephanie Gold

Review:

Travelers' Tales is a valuable addition to any pre-departure reading list

About this edition

• Publisher: Travelers' Tales Inc
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1885211279
• ISBN 13: 9781885211279
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 190