On his nineteenth birthday, Peter Allison flipped a coin. One side
would take him to Africa and the other to South America, the two
places he wanted to explore before he died. He recounted his time
spent as a safari guide in Africa to much acclaim in Whatever You Do,
Don’t Run and Don’t Look Behind You. Sixteen years later, he makes
his way to Santiago, Chile, ready to seek out the continent’s best,
weirdest, and wildest adventures, and to chase the elusive jaguar.
In just the first six months, Allison is bitten by a puma (several
times), knocked on his head by a bad empanada, and surrounded by
piranhas while rafting down a Bolivian river—all because of his
unusual fear of refrigerators and of staying in any one place for too
long. Ever the gifted storyteller and cultural observer, Allison makes
many observations about life in humid climes, the nature of nomadism,
and exactly what it is like to be nearly blasted off a mountain by the
famous Patagonia wind. Allison’s self-deprecating humor is as
delightful as his crazy stunts, and his love for animals—even when
they bite—is infectious.
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And Other Things I Learned While Stumbling through South America
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780762776078
Publisert
2015
Utgiver
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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