Abroad, Broke & Busted

Abroad, Broke & Busted

CRAZY SH*T IN ASIA

What Could Go Wrong

$32.99
ISBN
9781742572390

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By Matt Towner
Format Paperback / softback
Page Extent 280
Book Size 24 x 155 x 235 mm (H x W x D)
Imprint New Holland Publishers
Release Date 29 Jan 2018
Subject Classification Travel & holiday
Asia - exotic one day; dangerous the next. Renown for cheap, offbeat adventures, Asia is abundant with amazing cuisine and welcoming people. But there is a dark, dangerous side to this top tourist destination. Sinking Bintangs in Bali, riding an elephant in Thailand or cruising the Mekong in Cambodia - what could possibly go wrong? Crazy Sh*t in Asia is a collection of hilarious, dangerous, nail biting, downright embarrassing and sometimes poignant tales of adventures that went horribly wrong that might encourage you to take the road less trekked on your next holiday - or not!

Matt Towner

Matt Towner graduated from university in Brisbane, Australia in 1989. Two days after his 21st birthday, he flew to San Diego to play rugby. That decision was always meant to be a life changer, but how much so, never could have been expected, especially for a boy from the bush who went to a primary school of only twenty children then a boarding school of 1000 boys. Matt played one season of rugby for San Diego and travelled most of America, but that was just the beginning. Matt travelled the world creating dance parties and as a ‘gem dealing gypsy’. When Matt started travelling, the internet was unheard of and jewellers all over the world needed gypsies like Matt to bring them gems like diamonds and rubies, sapphires and pearls. Nearly every country in the world has a stone which no other country has, so for a capitalist hippie as Matt was at the time, it was his international passport to hedonistic heaven. These days, those same jewellers, as with any business today, can just Google for what they want, so times have certainly changed. Matt’s website www.travellerstaleswriters.com is an online publishing house that allows travellers of all types to share their stories and have them published in books of short stories. These stories change people’s lives, sometimes just as much for the readers as they did for the writers. Matt has previously published a number of short stories including: ‘The Pocket Book Guide to Byron Bay’, ‘The Gemstone Book of Runes’, ‘Crystal Carvings’, ‘Opal Magic’, ‘Rasta Roo’, ‘Bris Vegas’ and ‘Positive Investments.’