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Thailand Drifter

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Whether your idea of travelling Thailand is wandering around the ruined temples of Sukhothai and Ayutthaya, swinging in a hammock outside a ramshackle hut on a deserted, backpackers' beach, meeting the Akha Hill-Tribe people of the North or drinking beer and getting down and dirty with the bar-girls and lady-boys of Pattaya; Thailand Drifter has it all, plus a load of laughs and very much more. Over the past few years, a growing number of titles about roaming Thailand have appeared on the shelves of bookstores and on e-book websites, but what sets Peter Jaggs' work apart from the others is the way in which the author's words paint a perfect picture of the kind of situations and characters that any visitor to the country is bound to find themselves involved with, should they have come to Thailand for the diverse culture, the infamous night-life, the glorious beaches or simply for a relaxing holiday. After thirty years of floating around Thailand Jaggs knows what he is talking about and the thousands of copies his twelve titles have sold to date, despite only being on sale for only a few years, demonstrate this. The twenty unique and very humorous travel tales contained in this offering are inescapably relevant to any potential traveler to the country, because as well as the kaleidoscope of colorful individuals they will undoubtedly stumble across, the book also brings to life a wealth of locations and circumstances that the reader is almost certain to walk slap-bang into, when following in the footsteps of a confirmed Thailand Drifter. "Modern classics of Pattaya? I think so, you judge". Richard Ravensdale, Vice President of Pattaya ex-pats club "It is clear that Peter knows what he is talking about to be able to write (them) so well". Pattaya Trader Magazine

Author Biography:

Peter Jaggs was born in Essex in England and has spent the best part of the last thirty years in Thailand since he was in his early twenties and has visited almost every province in the country. In the past, Peter has written many articles and short stories for various newspapers and magazines including the very popular "Tangled Lines' series of fishing columns which ran for seven months in the 'Pattaya People Weekly' newspaper.Peter has written ten books to date; his first book, 'From Beggar to Butterfly' is a collection of short stories about Pattaya that was described by the legendary Bernard Trink in a Bangkok Post review as 'one of the best books on Pattaya written' and Richard Ravensdale of the Pattaya Trader Magazine described Peter's works 'From Beggar to Butterfly' and 'Monkey Business in Thailand' as 'remarkable' and 'modern classics of Pattaya'. All of Peter's books have reached best selling status in their respective categories on Amazon's kindle website. Peter Jaggs also wrote the first ever technical guides in the English language ever published on freshwater fishing and metal detecting in Thailand ("A Freshwater Fisherman in Thailand' and 'Discovering Metal Detecting on a Thailand Beach').Peter is currently based between Devon, England and Cha-am in Thailand and spends an equal amount of time in both of his homes, with frequent excursions to other favorite venues in Thailand and around Asia.
Release date NZ
August 13th, 2014
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Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Pages
194
Dimensions
127x203x11
ISBN-13
9781633230965
Product ID
22772490

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