Backpacker's Journey

Whether you are a true adventurer yourself or someone who enjoys reading about and vicariously enjoying adventures from the safety of an armchair A Backpacker's Journey is the book you never knew you needed to read. Filled with true exciting quirky nostalgic and often extraordinary stories this book is a reminder to us all from author Tom Barrett that we should not sleepwalk through life. Originally written for a blog this collection follows the author's experiences as he hitchhiked across North America in the 1970s covered national and international stories as a reporter for the Edmonton Journal and trekked across dozens of countries including Uganda Bhutan India Peru Malawi Italy and Nepal. <br /><br />Told with humour and humility Barrett shares stories about meeting stoned fellow hippies and Deadheads Hell's Angels gay female strippers a horny truck driver and even Muammar Ghaddafi. A mix of intriguing glimpses of other cultures and locales some 1970s and 1980s nostalgia interesting behind-the-story insights from a well-travelled news reporter and some personal escapades A Backpacker's Journey celebrates the uniqueness of the many people places and circumstances that weave together our own personal stories.