Sad, funny, shocking. The Gringo Trail is an On The Road for the Lonely Planet generation. A darkly comic road-trip and a revealing journey through South America's turbulent history.
The Gringo Trail
- Year
- 2011
- Leaves
- 320
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
Sad, funny, shocking. The Gringo Trail is an On The Road for the Lonely Planet generation. A darkly comic road-trip and a revealing journey through South America's turbulent history.
โฆ Table of Contents
contents......Page 7
chapter 1 ecuador: mama negra......Page 9
chapter 2 peru: buses, bimbos and banditos......Page 35
chapter 3 bolivia: things get worse with coke......Page 78
chapter 4 ecuador: rumbles in the jungle......Page 130
chapter 5 highlands: cowboys and indians......Page 176
chapter 6 caribbean: carnival!......Page 209
chapter 7 arrecifes......Page 227
chapter 8 a full moon trip......Page 251
chapter 9 the fishboy......Page 271
chapter 10 afterlife......Page 287
Bibliography......Page 318
Summersdale Books......Page 320
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