Last Trout in Venice The Far-Flung Escapades of an Accidental Adventurer

by Lansky, Doug

• ISBN13: 9781885211637
• ISBN10: 1885211635
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-03-26
• Publisher: Travelers' Tales

Summary

The author demonstrates his taste for the absurd by embarking on a series ofizarre international adventures--from driving the precarious roads of Napleso cruising at Berlin's erotic Kit Kat Club. Original.

Table of Contents

Author's Plea to the Reader Four-and-a-half Points to Maximize Your Reading Pleasure	xv
Acknowledgments and Blame	xviii
Introduction: Tourism 101	xix
Part One Near-Miss Adventure
Penne Pinching	3	(5)
The World's Most Dangerous Car Rental
Full Latex Jacket	8	(5)
Squeezing into Berlin's Infamous Kit Kat Club
A Sticky Wicket	13	(5)
Getting a Grip on Cricket at Lords
Quiz Show Bob	18	(5)
Behind the Scenes at The Price Is Right
Sick Man and the Sea	23	(4)
Fishing for Marlin off the Coast of Kenya
Storming Morocco	27	(5)
Meeting and Greeting in Arabic Africa
Driving Fjords	32	(7)
Riding a Cargo Ship up the Coast of Patagonia
Part Two Slightly Higher Education
Last Trout in Venice	39	(5)
A Gondola Lesson on the Grand Canal
Sumo Cum Laude	44	(5)
Learning to Live Large in the Sumo Ring
A Kick in the Head	49	(6)
Thai Kickboxing School Enrollment
Beating the Water with an Expensive Stick	55	(5)
Fly-Fishing 101 in the Rocky Mountains
Tuning Out	60	(4)
A Crash Course in Swiss Yodeling
Bake Sale	64	(5)
Enrolling at the Cordon Bleu
Riding the Rolex	69	(8)
Taking a Whack at Polo School
Part Three Relatively Hard Core
Ice Speed	77	(5)
Let Loose on Lillehammer's Luge Run
Kilimanjaro through the Back Door	82	(8)
A Hike up the Highest Peak in Africa
Till the Dhows Come Home	90	(8)
A Trip to African Islands
Slip Sliding Away	98	(5)
Norway's Toughest Ski Race
Little Big Horse	103	(5)
Pony Trekking in Lesotho
Reluctant Stalkers	108	(4)
Botswana's Okavango Delta by Boat and Foot
The Fear of Gliding	112	(5)
Soaring on a Hang Glider in New Zealand
Walking the Inca-Bahn	117	(8)
To Machu Picchu on Foot
Part Four Festivals
A Hat of a Different Color	125	(5)
A Day at the Ascot Races
Vikings on the Loose	130	(4)
Attending a Little-Known Karneval in Sweden
Running of the Idiots	134	(5)
Watching the Carnage at Spain's San Fermin
Takes One to Samba	139	(12)
Parading in the Brazilian Carnaval
Kiss a Gift Horse in the Mouth	151	(10)
In the Middle of Italy's Palio
Part Five Freestyle Employment
The Grateful Med	161	(4)
Working a Month at Club Med in Bali
Underwater Bellhopping	165	(5)
Carrying Bags to the Underwater Hotel
Oh My Guinness	170	(4)
Taste-Testing and Making Brew in Dublin
Surfing by a Thread	174	(5)
Sewing Shorts at Patagonia, Inc.
Behind the Baggage Carousel	179	(7)
Working at Heathrow Airport
Sleeping on Thin Ice	186	(4)
Housekeeping at the Ice Hotel
Bum Deal	190	(4)
Ski Bumming the Hard Way in Val d'Isere
Fashion Forward	194	(5)
Fashion Photographer for a Day at the Pret-a-Porter
Having the Last Glass	199	(5)
Working in a Swedish Glass Factory
Truffle Hunter	204	(7)
Digging for the Elusive White Fungi in Italy
Part Six Easy Does It
Southfork Fix	211	(3)
Paying to Peck at the Legendary TV Set
The Sound of Muzak	214	(5)
Hunning Along with the Famous Austrian Tour
Where the Cows Have No Name	219	(4)
Deciphering a Cattle Auction in Texas
Leading a Puppet to Water	223	(5)
Catching a Vietnamese Water Puppet Show
Splash Down	228	(3)
Transit Passengers Hit Iceland's Thermal Springs
Bear Check	231	(5)
Truck Talking across America
Waiting for the Adipose Lady to Sing	236	(4)
A Night at the Opera in Vienna
The Connoisseurs	240	(5)
Tagging Along on a Wine-Tasting Tour in South Africa
Never-Never Land	245	(4)
Kicking Back on the Sinat Peninsula
Epilogue: Doing What Needs to Be Done	249	(4)
Glossary	253