The irresponsible traveller : tales of scrapes and narrow escapes / compiled and edited by Jennifer Barclay and Adrian Phillips.

Contributor(s): Barclay, Jennifer [editor.] | Phillips, Adrian [editor.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chalfont St Peter, England : Bradt, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: vi, 234 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781841625621; 1841625620Other title: Irresponsible travelerSubject(s): Voyages and travels -- Anecdotes | Travel -- AnecdotesDDC classification: 910.4 LOC classification: G465 | .I77 2014
Contents:
Introduction / by Hillary Bradt -- A stranger's smile / Zoe Efstathiou -- The ups and downs of Bhutan / Ben Ross -- Bedtimes stories in Little Tibet / Dervla Murphy -- Negotiating on a knife-edge / Paul Davies -- The locked trunk in the forest / Adrian Phillips -- The letter Z / Catriona Rainsford -- Camel mustering in the Outback / Michael Palin -- No return from Nigeria / E.T. Laing -- Close encounter with an elephant / Brian Jackman -- The virtue of ignorance / Tim Cahill -- Tak jadi / Jude Marwa -- Commando raid / John Harrison -- Eyes closed, full speed ahead / Claire Morsman -- Pavel and the beige fleece / Lyn Hughes -- Surviving life in the wild / Jonathan and Angela Scott -- US versus broad oppressed masses / Hilary Bradt -- Walking the border / Jonathan Lorie -- Road trip / Alex Robinson -- A pestle and mortar in paradise / Ella Pawlik -- Something to declare / Mike Unwin -- Stranded in the Skerries / Nicky Gardner -- The casualty and the priest / Ben Fogle -- The long march / Jennifer Barclay -- April 13 : Kangchung Himal Camp 17,700 feet / Phil Deutschl -- The rum diary / Phoebe Smith -- A narrow escape / Liam Lambert -- At the border, four months after Gaddafi / Tom Chesshyre -- Intrigue under the big screen / Rolf Potts -- Scary biker / Polly Evans -- An incident on the road / Stuart Forster -- Lost in the USSR / Janice Booth -- Up the airy mountain / Matthew Parris -- The girl who washed her hair / Kelly Randell -- Cheetah attack / Simon King -- The forbidden bottle / Christina Ammon -- Trusting my instincts in Tanzania / Donald Greig -- Trusting my instincts in Tanzania / Donald Greig -- The whale / Jo Forel -- Jebel Marra / Nick Redmayne -- Diving into danger / Emma Thompson -- Take the TOTSO to Truro or Get lost in Lostwithiel / Simon Calder.
Summary: In this collection of 40 true stories, leading figures from the world of travel writing and broadcasting lay bare the less glamorous side of their jobs, sharing their more hair-raising or comical experiences on the road. These are the moments when things went wrong - the moments that don't tend to make it into the magazine articles or TV tie-ins. They describe facing bloodthirsty bandits in Brazil, smuggling currency out of Zimbabwe in a train toilet, freeing turtles during a midnight raid on the Amazon, and fleeing a love-sick sea lion in Antarctica. Often hilarious - and sometimes downright terrifying - these are the scrapes our contributors will never forget.
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Introduction / by Hillary Bradt -- A stranger's smile / Zoe Efstathiou -- The ups and downs of Bhutan / Ben Ross -- Bedtimes stories in Little Tibet / Dervla Murphy -- Negotiating on a knife-edge / Paul Davies -- The locked trunk in the forest / Adrian Phillips -- The letter Z / Catriona Rainsford -- Camel mustering in the Outback / Michael Palin -- No return from Nigeria / E.T. Laing -- Close encounter with an elephant / Brian Jackman -- The virtue of ignorance / Tim Cahill -- Tak jadi / Jude Marwa -- Commando raid / John Harrison -- Eyes closed, full speed ahead / Claire Morsman -- Pavel and the beige fleece / Lyn Hughes -- Surviving life in the wild / Jonathan and Angela Scott -- US versus broad oppressed masses / Hilary Bradt -- Walking the border / Jonathan Lorie -- Road trip / Alex Robinson -- A pestle and mortar in paradise / Ella Pawlik -- Something to declare / Mike Unwin -- Stranded in the Skerries / Nicky Gardner -- The casualty and the priest / Ben Fogle -- The long march / Jennifer Barclay -- April 13 : Kangchung Himal Camp 17,700 feet / Phil Deutschl -- The rum diary / Phoebe Smith -- A narrow escape / Liam Lambert -- At the border, four months after Gaddafi / Tom Chesshyre -- Intrigue under the big screen / Rolf Potts -- Scary biker / Polly Evans -- An incident on the road / Stuart Forster -- Lost in the USSR / Janice Booth -- Up the airy mountain / Matthew Parris -- The girl who washed her hair / Kelly Randell -- Cheetah attack / Simon King -- The forbidden bottle / Christina Ammon -- Trusting my instincts in Tanzania / Donald Greig -- Trusting my instincts in Tanzania / Donald Greig -- The whale / Jo Forel -- Jebel Marra / Nick Redmayne -- Diving into danger / Emma Thompson -- Take the TOTSO to Truro or Get lost in Lostwithiel / Simon Calder.

In this collection of 40 true stories, leading figures from the world of travel writing and broadcasting lay bare the less glamorous side of their jobs, sharing their more hair-raising or comical experiences on the road. These are the moments when things went wrong - the moments that don't tend to make it into the magazine articles or TV tie-ins. They describe facing bloodthirsty bandits in Brazil, smuggling currency out of Zimbabwe in a train toilet, freeing turtles during a midnight raid on the Amazon, and fleeing a love-sick sea lion in Antarctica. Often hilarious - and sometimes downright terrifying - these are the scrapes our contributors will never forget.

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