Pretty fascinating and deep investigation. You kind of get cannibalism (in a way) after reading this. The whole book is a compelling and believable case for the premise that Michael Rockefeller was eaten by cannibals. So it is unfortunate that the author was not able to come up with direct pro...
This was the wrong book to pick for a light Christmas time read. Hoffman shares snippets of tragic crashes between chapters as he tries the transportation on for size. I felt uncomfortable with someone playing with the tragedy of someone's real life for kicks. When Hoffman returns to the US, the...
3.5/5This is an exciting, real-life account of an American tourist's search for the world's most white-knuckle transportation adventures. He rides the world's most dangerous trains, flies on airlines blacklisted by the EU, and rides ferries in countries that have experienced horrendous sinking tr...
Ich habe vermutlich den Fehler gemacht das Buch auf deutsch zu lesen, der Schreibstil war so gar nicht meins, aber evtl ist dies der Uebersetzung geschuldet.Trotzdem habe ich das Buch verschlungen, da es mich wieder zurueck auf/in meine eigenen Reisen mitgenommen hat. Die Situationen in denen sic...
. . Via Its Most Dangerous Buses, Boats, Trains, and Planes THREEYour Time Comes or It Doesn’tTHE DEEPER INTO THE AMAZON Basin you go, the fewer roads there are, until they give out entirely; rivers take over, and buses are replaced by boats. According to my map, if I headed due east from Puerto ...