A sharp-shooting SWAT team, a Venezuelan producer of love potions, and an audacious subway rat inhabit this work of “succulent travel writing” (Publishers Weekly) by an award-winning author. From surviving a journey in a homemade submarine off the coast of Honduras to receiving a lesson in aging from the street art of Valparaiso, Chile, Darrin DuFord (author of Is There a Hole in the Boat? Tales of Travel in Panama Without a Car, 2007 Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards silver medalist) serves up lively, humorous stories that show how travel has the ability to illuminate cultures while unleashing their bottomless complexities. Recommended for readers of Anthony Bourdain and Bill Bryson. “A bunch of great stories” (San Francisco Chronicle) $0.99 on Kindle.
