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Away from My Desk

A Round-the-world Detour from the Rat Race, the Tech Wreck and the Traffic Jam of Life in America
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Traveling mainly by motorcycle, the author traverses 45 countries on six continents in this memoir, experiencing both fascinating and harrowing travails during a one-year journey. With a healthy mix of contemporary and historical perspectives, new insights are provided on typical tourist destinations such as the Taj Mahal and the Trevi Fountain. Additionally, encounters with a law enforcement official in the Czech Republic and a panty-wielding pickpocket in Istanbul (among other things) supply plenty of humor along the way. These vivid and engaging accounts showcase the destinations not just as tourists see them, but as residents experience them as well, realistically portraying floods, earthquakes, and civil unrest.

Author Biography:

Rif K. Haffar is a telecom executive who speaks four languages and has traveled to nearly 100 countries on six continents. He has twice circumnavigated the globe and crossed three continents entirely by motorcycle. He lives in Seattle, Washington.
Release date NZ
September 1st, 2002
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Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Illustrations
Ill.
Pages
336
Dimensions
155x230x27
ISBN-13
9780971545106
Product ID
1864139

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