Don't Worry, Be Happy
In November 1989, just after Michael Palin's Around the World in 80 Days was first broadcast on the BBC, Jim Ford embarked on his own travel adventure to the East... an 18-month trip that would eventually take him through China, Australasia and India.
But life on the road for a solo backpacker is not always all it's cracked up to be, as this green and impressionable 25-year old quickly finds out. From braving the streets of Beijing on a bicycle to watching a dog's throat being cut, from bluffing his way into a $30,000 office job in Sydney to cleaning toilets on the Queensland coast, life has its ups and downs... but there's never a dull moment!
This perceptive and engaging account of a young man's travels chronicles (often in toe-curling detail) all his fears, frustrations and exhilarations along the way. It should appeal to anyone considering a backpacking trip... or anyone who likes a good laugh at someone else's expense!