The author survives with odd jobs in Tokyo, celebrates Christmas in Rio and discovers that very fat women are being worshipped like goddesses in Jamaica
He learns how to catch lobsters in Maine, escapes warlike conditions in Haiti and shells out $200 for a bottle of bottom-shelf whisky in Alaska.

“A fun look at the world.”
“Want to go to exotic places? Read this first!”
“Full of funny encounters.”
(Reviews on Amazon)

The author is a freelance journalist. Half of his travel stories were commissioned by public radio, the other half resulted from pure curiosity and weird coincidences.

MORE FROM THE AUTHOR
The World Is My Oyster (Volumes 2&3)
The World is My Oyster (Complete collection of all 30 stories)