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Sto caricando le informazioni... Smile When You're Lying: Confessions of a Rogue Travel Writerdi Chuck Thompson
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. I bought this book for 50 cents at a thrift store, and although it was a bit dated it is still laugh out loud funny. Chuck Thompson talks about growing up in Juneau and the city evolving from a sleepy town to a tourist attraction. I understand the feeling having watched that happen to my hometown of Austin, TX. Chuck is a travel writer, but a brutally honest one which I appreciate. Even your bad experiences can be funny later, such as his trip to Tortula. I been on this island excursion which included their traffic light, their garbage incinerator, and their bamba hut. Chuck teaches a cautionary lesson to travelers, you can be conned by all different types that are just working their hustle. ( ) The parts in which he provides behind-the-scenes type info on the travel industry are interesting. His own travel stories on Alaska, Japan, etc. were so boring that I had to force myself to not skip through them. At the end, his travel stories weren't anymore meaningful or less gimmicky than those travel accounts that he skewers. The industry that writes and markets travel literature needed a solid thump on the head, and Thompson delivers it. More than anything, I appreciate that someone was willing to speak out against the too convenient perfect moments, the false reasons for visits, and the ridiculously over-used cliches. Thompson tells some real stories. More importantly, he's willing to be the grumpy traveler we all have to be now and then, when flights are delayed and service stinks. His real life stories are enjoyable and the seem very real, such that after reading this, you won't ever read Hemispheres or Travel & Leisure quite the same way. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
From Bangkok to Bogotá, a hilarious behind-the-brochures tour of picture-perfect locales, dangerous destinations, and overrated hellholes from a guy who knows the truth about travel Travel writer, editor, and photographer Chuck Thompson has spent more than a decade traipsing through thirty-five (and counting) countries across the globe, and he's had enough. Enough of the half-truths demanded by magazine editors, enough of the endlessly recycled clichés regarded as good travel writing, and enough of the ugly secrets fiercely guarded by the travel industry. But mostly, he's had enough of returning home from assignments and leaving the most interesting stories and the mostprovocative insights on the editing-room floor. From getting swindled in Thailand to running afoul of customs inspectors in Belarus, from defusing hostile Swedish rockers backstage in Germany to a closed-door meeting with travel execs telling him why he's about to be fired once again, Thompson's no-holds-barred style is refreshing, invigorating, and all those other adjectives travel writers use to describe spa vacations where the main attraction is a daily colonic. Smile When You're Lying takes readers on an irresistible series of adventures in Europe, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, and beyond; details the effects of globalization on the casual traveler and ponders the future of travel as we know it; and offers up a treasure trove of travel-industry secrets collected throughout a decidedly speckled career. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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