Not So Funny When It Happened The Best of Travel Humor and Misadventure

by Cahill, Tim

• ISBN13: 9781885211552
• ISBN10: 1885211554
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-13
• Publisher: Travelers' Tales

Summary

The Soul of Travel What's it like to be there? For ten years, Travelers' Tales has answered this question through collections of the best travel writing by world-famous authors and new voices in the genre. The stories range from delightful and funny to cautionary and inspiring, and provide readers with a road map that deepens and enriches their travels. An essential part of travel planning, Travelers' Tales has sold more than 750,000 copies of its various travel books.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xiii
Tim Cahill
How I Killed Off My Ex-Wife	1	(6)
John Wood
Hold On to Your Lunch	7	(6)
Elliott Neal Hester
Everybody's Got Glorious Hide Next to Me and My Monkey	13	(7)
Jayce White
The Aunties	20	(8)
Anne Lamott
Jesus Shaves	28	(6)
David Sedaris
Benvenuto in Italia!	34	(5)
Sourav Sen
Mexican Mating Calls	39	(4)
Germaine W. Shames
What's Cooking?	43	(5)
Bill Bryson
The Dentist in Cameroon	48	(4)
Nigel Barley
The Crafty Cousin	52	(3)
William Dalrymple
Incident at San Antonio	55	(4)
Luis Alberto Urrea
A Train, a Frog, and Aliens	59	(19)
Randy Wayne White
They Tell Me You Are Big	78	(4)
Todd Mcewen
The Transit Lounge Shuffle	82	(4)
Douglas Adams
Mark Carwardine
The King of the Ferret-Leggers	86	(9)
Donald Katz
What I Did in the Doll House	95	(3)
Sean O'Reilly
The Copenhagen T-Shirt	98	(9)
Thom Elkjer
The Rodent	107	(4)
Mark Salzman
It's a Man's World	111	(4)
Lynn Ferrin
Penny Pinched	115	(9)
Rolf Potts
Called on the Carpet in Marrakech	124	(5)
John Flinn
Passing the Test in Silverton	129	(7)
Gary A. Warner
The Fox Hunt	136	(7)
J.P. Donleavy
The Reluctant Chef and Her Rainbow Special	143	(5)
Cara Tabachnick
The Elephant that Roared	148	(4)
Cleo Paskal
Speaking in Tongues	152	(9)
Tim Cahill
Show Me the Money	161	(4)
Brad Newsham
Welcome to Ireland	165	(4)
Dave Barry
Bad Haircuts Around the World	169	(5)
Doug Lansky
Fear of Not Flying	174	(4)
Adair Lara
April Fool	178	(3)
Nicholas Delbanco
Mr. Disguise	181	(4)
Richard Sterling
Close Encounters of the California Kind	185	(9)
Michael Lane
Jim Crotty
A Past Life	194	(7)
Burley Packwood
Index of Contributors	201	(2)
Acknowledgments	203