Brian Thacker crea narrazioni umoristiche e perspicaci dalle sue estese esperienze di viaggio. Le sue opere, spesso nate da avventure personali e incontri con culture diverse, sono caratterizzate da acute osservazioni e commenti arguti. Lo stile di Thacker è accessibile e divertente, permettendo ai lettori di vivere luoghi esotici e situazioni insolite a distanza. I suoi libri offrono una prospettiva unica sul mondo attraverso gli occhi di un globetrotter esperto.
This title explores the phenomenon of couch surfing, examining the motivations behind offering one's couch to strangers and the trust involved in this unique travel experience.
Brian Thacker confesses all as he reveals the best (and worst) of 20 trips as a tour leader around Europe. He tells how he fed passengers horse meat spag bol, hamburgers made from breakfast cereal and roosters' testicles; how he left a passenger standing by the side of a motorway in France for 3 hours in his underwear clutching a purple toothbrush and how, along the way, he lost his driver, his cook, his bus, ten brightly coloured canal bikes, a large church and eventually his patience.
Trackliste: 1. Die Idee klang genial, 2. Chile: Meine Couch stellt sich tot, 3. äRegeln und Einschränkungen: Sei nett!ä, 4. Ein richtiges Familienfest, 5. Brasilien: äIch bin die coolste carioca in Rioä, 6. Mariana strahlte: äEinkaufenä, 7. Himmelhoch jauchzend und zu Tode betrübt, 8. Island: äScheisse, ist das kalt!ä, 9. Der Gestank von faulen Eiern, 10. Auf der Suche nach isländischen Schönheitsgöttinnen, 11. Ranziger Hai und andere Leckereien, 12. Kenia: Willkommen in Nairobbery!, 13. Die Couch in der Hütte, 14. Zwischen Giraffen und Zebras, 15. Philippinen: Malate, das Künstlerviertel von Manila, 16. Gefährliche Karaoke, 17. Ich habe keine Couch. Ist das schlimm?, 18. Die Traum-Couch: 10 von 10 Punkten, 19. Ein Absacker zum Abschied.