365 Dates of Travel
The first six months
by Fran Heap
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Pub Date Mar 18 2023 | Archive Date Jun 23 2023
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Description
A mad romp around the world with a quirky data collecting redhead!
A book for those who love Peter Moore. If you love Bill Bryson read this!
Fran has a travel story for all 365 dates of the year, from Thanksgiving in New York, Christmas in Bethlehem, to New Year's Day in Cairo. Travel mishaps and adventures include broken bank cards in Jerusalem, arguments in Libya, and Wacky Races in Mauritania.
Read travel mishaps and adventures from Albuquerque to Aleppo, Cairo to Copenhagen, Lebanon to Libya, Morocco to Mauritania, Poland to Portugal and more!
Fran left Australia in 1992 as a naive 18-year-old with no money, no credit card, and before e-mail and the internet were invented. She's a woman solo traveler, who travels by train, car, overland vehicle, bus, Uber, plane, lifts with strangers and the occasional group tour, through Africa, Europe, Middle East, USA and Australia. There's travel humor aplenty, including tales of her "trusty pink umbrella". She's a self proclaimed bad redhead and meets "red-hair-freaks" along the way.
Data is collected on money spent; steps taken; wrinkled-ness of clothes; and hilarious diet details due to a fear of eating alone in restaurants and in speaking foreign languages.
Will the car make it?
Where's Fran's passport?
Will she buy the dust-able souvenir?
Photos on the website at: franheapwriter.com/photos/
Available Editions
| ISBN | 9780645705614 |
| PRICE | $6.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 360 |
Links
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Featured Reviews
Suzanne L, Reviewer
As an avid traveler myself, I appreciate the remarkable memory (and record keeping) to tell stories going back decades! The one striking thing is how much travel has changed over these years. She is a great storyteller. Looking forward to the second six months!
Sara A, Reviewer
Loved the premise, not so much the execution but still enjoyable travel read!
There was much jumping around in timeline and locations which was a little hard to follow. It starts when at age 18 she travels to the US from Australia. She doesn't plan or budget very well which was frustrating to read. I am a planner and this drives me a bit crazy.
I liked hearing about train travel in the early 90's, the Greyhound buses, and friends met along the way. The timeline jumps to later (2019) and different countries and ways of travel.
Overall, liked it but disjointed and frustrating at times.
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