First sentence:"Life is full of opportunities."
Description:
"Warned by a Hong Kong fortune-teller not to risk flying for a whole year. Tiziano Terzni - a vastly experienced Asia correspondent - took what he called 'the first step into an unknown world. . . .It turned out to be one of the most extraordinary years I have ever spent. I was marked for death, and instead I was reborn.' Traveling by foot, boat, car and train, he visited Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Mongolia, Japan, Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia. Consulting soothsayers and shamans wherever he went, he grew to understand and respect older ways of life and beliefs now threatened by the crasser forms of Western modernity." -- from the back cover.
My thoughts:
This was an interesting memoir of travels in the Far East via train, car, and boat.
Date read: 5/27/2012
Book #: 21
Challenges: Off the Shelf Challenge 2012, New Author Challenge
Rating: 3*/5 = good
Genre: Memoir
ISBN-10: 0006550711
ISBN-13: 9780006550716
Publisher: Flamingo
Year: 1998
# of pages: 370
Binding: Trade Paperback
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