Road Trip Book

"Reassembler" >
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 > They do an awful lot of complaining, though. If they wanted to be left
alone
 > to experience the places, why did they sell it as a TV show?
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 > Reassembler
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I went to Amazon to check it out, and perhaps buy it. Once I read the
reviews by those that bought it at :
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0743499336/qid=1109364574/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-7630661-6828911" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0743499336/qid=1109364574/sr=2-...ef=pd_b</a>
(reader reviews are about half way down the page), I changed my mind. Seems
the only one that gave it a positive review, was some one that didn't read
it, lol.

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On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 07:49:02 -1000, "Reassembler"
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 >Glen Bu <bumgmt.DeleteThis@msla.net> wrote in message
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  >> I am reading Long Way Round. It is a road trip book about the trip last
  >> year of Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman on BMWs from London east to
  >> Siberia and then boat to Alaska then on to NYC. Man what a trip!
  >> These two definitely are not posers.
  >>
  >>
 > They do an awful lot of complaining, though. If they wanted to be left alone
 >to experience the places, why did they sell it as a TV show?

I've you've ever traveled in the 3rd (or 4th) world, you'd know that
as exciting and as interesting as it is, it ain't always _fun_.
Complaining goes with the territory.

There's a great book that expounds on the phenomenon - Bad Trips:
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679729089/104-6012925-3016723" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679729089/104-6012925-3016723</a>

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Turby <turbosurfer.RemoveThis@beach.comber> wrote in message
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 > On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 07:49:02 -1000, "Reassembler"
 > <Reassembler.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote:
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  > >Glen Bu <bumgmt.RemoveThis@msla.net> wrote in message
  > >news:hy1Td.3$Wy2.51@bcandid.telisphere.com...
   > >> I am reading Long Way Round. It is a road trip book about the trip last
   > >> year of Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman on BMWs from London east to
   > >> Siberia and then boat to Alaska then on to NYC. Man what a trip!
   > >> These two definitely are not posers.
   > >>
   > >>
  > > They do an awful lot of complaining, though. If they wanted to be left
alone
  > >to experience the places, why did they sell it as a TV show?
 >
 > I've you've ever traveled in the 3rd (or 4th) world, you'd know that
 > as exciting and as interesting as it is, it ain't always _fun_.
 > Complaining goes with the territory.
 >


I've been to Bolivia and Guatemala. I still think it's a badly written book
by a couple of whiners.

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Turby <turbosurfer.DeleteThis@beach.comber> wrote:

  > > I've been to Bolivia and Guatemala. I still think it's a badly written book
  > >by a couple of whiners.
 >
 > & I'd rather get stuck in the mud for 12 hours with 75 locals, a
 > screaming mother and her 4 brats with some unknown disease coughing
 > all over me in a 1947 bus with no seat padding & built for midgets,
 > driven by a suicidal maniac on a cliff-hanging road in the
 > mosquito-infested, bandit-plagued highlands of Mindanao than read the
 > book right now.

.... that's ONLY because you've got a quiver on the roof
and you're trying to get to that right-point-break )

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On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 08:21:34 -1000, "Reassembler"
<Reassembler.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote:

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 >Turby <turbosurfer.TakeThisOut@beach.comber> wrote in message
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  >> On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 07:49:02 -1000, "Reassembler"
  >> <Reassembler.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote:
  >>
   >> >
   >> >Glen Bu <bumgmt.TakeThisOut@msla.net> wrote in message
   >> >news:hy1Td.3$Wy2.51@bcandid.telisphere.com...
   >> >> I am reading Long Way Round. It is a road trip book about the trip last
   >> >> year of Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman on BMWs from London east to
   >> >> Siberia and then boat to Alaska then on to NYC. Man what a trip!
   >> >> These two definitely are not posers.
   >> >>
   >> >>
   >> > They do an awful lot of complaining, though. If they wanted to be left
 >alone
   >> >to experience the places, why did they sell it as a TV show?
  >>
  >> I've you've ever traveled in the 3rd (or 4th) world, you'd know that
  >> as exciting and as interesting as it is, it ain't always _fun_.
  >> Complaining goes with the territory.
  >>
 > I've been to Bolivia and Guatemala. I still think it's a badly written book
 >by a couple of whiners.

& I'd rather get stuck in the mud for 12 hours with 75 locals, a
screaming mother and her 4 brats with some unknown disease coughing
all over me in a 1947 bus with no seat padding & built for midgets,
driven by a suicidal maniac on a cliff-hanging road in the
mosquito-infested, bandit-plagued highlands of Mindanao than read the
book right now. Some day I may read it though, and I might agree with
you.

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Turby <turbosurfer.TakeThisOut@beach.comber> wrote in message
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 > & I'd rather get stuck in the mud for 12 hours with 75 locals, a
 > screaming mother and her 4 brats with some unknown disease coughing
 > all over me in a 1947 bus with no seat padding & built for midgets,
 > driven by a suicidal maniac on a cliff-hanging road in the
 > mosquito-infested, bandit-plagued highlands of Mindanao than read the
 > book right now. Some day I may read it though, and I might agree with
 > you.
 >


I spent a very long night 2 years ago riding on a bus in Bolivia, next to an
old woman who had never taken a bath, apparently, in her life, who was taking a
bag of garlic somewhere. True story.


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Reassembler wrote:

 > I spent a very long night 2 years ago riding on a bus in Bolivia, next to an
 > old woman who had never taken a bath, apparently, in her life, who was taking a
 > bag of garlic somewhere. True story.

Are you willing to swear that this has nothing to do with any antelope's ass?

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On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 20:54:00 -0500, Tim <tomorrow.DeleteThis@erols.com> wrote:

 >Reassembler wrote:
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  >> I spent a very long night 2 years ago riding on a bus in Bolivia, next to an
  >> old woman who had never taken a bath, apparently, in her life, who was taking a
  >> bag of garlic somewhere. True story.
 >
 >Are you willing to swear that this has nothing to do with any antelope's ass?

I'll bet an antelope ass smelled better.

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Tim <tomorrow RemoveThis @erols.com> wrote in message news:42251CB8.B609F7D4@erols.com...
 > Reassembler wrote:
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  > > I spent a very long night 2 years ago riding on a bus in Bolivia, next
to an
  > > old woman who had never taken a bath, apparently, in her life, who was
taking a
  > > bag of garlic somewhere. True story.
 >
 > Are you willing to swear that this has nothing to do with any antelope's ass?
 >


No, because I would have been glad to see an antelope's ass that night. I
settled for bribing a cabbie USD $100 to take us four hours to the next town.

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On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 08:55:02 -1000, "Reassembler"
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 >Tim <tomorrow.TakeThisOut@erols.com> wrote in message news:42251CB8.B609F7D4@erols.com...
  >> Reassembler wrote:
  >>
   >> >I spent a very long night 2 years ago riding on a bus in Bolivia, next to an
   >> > old woman who had never taken a bath, apparently, in her life, who was
   >> >taking a bag of garlic somewhere. True story.
  >>
  >> Are you willing to swear that this has nothing to do with any antelope's ass?
  >>
 > No, because I would have been glad to see an antelope's ass that night. I
 >settled for bribing a cabbie USD $100 to take us four hours to the next town.

Gosh. That's really roughing it. <snicker>
(I doubt I'd have the courage to admit that, though. Good on ya.)

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