{"product_id":"wander-year-book-mike-mcintyre-9781495213816","title":"The Wander Year","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of humorous and moving encounters with a sublime world and the extraordinary souls who fill it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBestselling author Mike McIntyre (\u003ci\u003eThe Kindness of Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e) and his longtime girlfriend, Andrea, are itching for a break from their routines. So they rent out their California home--dog and cat included--and embark on a yearlong trip around the world. The couple is swept up in the adventure of a lifetime: traversing the Sahara on camels, trekking in the Himalayas, scrambling over Cambodian temples, crossing the Andes, scaling a New Zealand glacier.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book traces the odyssey in forty-eight colorful dispatches from six continents. Whether barreling across India with a former tank driver at the wheel, getting clipped by Vietnam's oldest barber, touring a notorious Bolivian prison with inmates as guides, or braving a cyclone in Fiji on a rubber raft, McIntyre taps his signature wit to convey the joys, perils, and frustrations of prolonged travel. He also writes eloquently of such touching moments as flying kites with a boy in Indonesia and sleeping under the stars in Morocco.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFunny, heartwarming, and full of expert tips, \u003ci\u003eThe Wander Year\u003c\/i\u003e will inspire and entertain veteran and armchair travelers alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA superb writer.--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA reader's dream.--\u003ci\u003eSan Diego Union-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50387197165841,"sku":"CIN1495213811G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50503873167633,"sku":"GOR006564808","price":3.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1495213811.jpg?v=1751439811","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/wander-year-book-mike-mcintyre-9781495213816","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}