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You Go Home Make More Money And Come Back: Whirlwind Trips 1969-2004
By: Edwin M. WoodseBook Publisher: AuthorSolutions
Imprint: iUniverse.com
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You Go Home, Make More Money and Come Back is a non-fiction book that takes you to six continents and many diverse places and cultures. It covers a 35 year period from 1969 to 2004. It is about a man who develops an interest in geography in college. He lives a conventional life while having a dream of seeing the world. He travels by working and saving his money for vacation trips of a few days to a month long over a lifetime. The book tells of adventure on the Yangze River, an African photo safari, the outback of Australia, seeing the pyramids of Egypt, traveling solo by train through Europe, train travel in the USA and Canada, and more. It takes you around the world traveling alone with few advance reservations as well as going on organized group tours.
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| Title of eBook: You Go Home Make More Money And Come Back: Whirlwind Trips 1969-2004 | |
| Release Date: 01-08-2009 | |
| Publisher: iUniverse.com |
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| Parent title | You Go Home Make More Money And Come... |
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| SKU | 9780595628186 |
| File size | 4463 |
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You Go Home Make More Money And Come Back: Whirlwind Trips 1969-2004
Chapter One
Europe By Train
This was my first trip overseas. The year was 1969 and I was living and working in California. I had been experiencing indecision and was pondering whether or not I should continue with my stressful job. Ever since college, I had been dreaming of seeing the places that I had learned about; but I never had the opportunity to travel. I went to a travel agent and found that I could do Europe by train and we worked out some ideas about solo travel. I checked with my boss about the possibility of taking some leave time and he agreed. I had surgery on my left ear in March. In April I took vacation for a month long whirlwind trip in Europe and east coast USA.
April 15. I arrived on pins and needles at JFK airport in New York with minutes to spare to board the plane to Iceland. I had left Stockton three hours late, because the plane wouldn't start; and had to rearrange the five hour flight to New York from San Francisco on United Airlines. Now, I needed to find a bus at JFK to the overseas terminal. Icelandic Airlines' turbo-prop was scheduled to leave at 9:30 pm. I made it with only 15 minutes to spare, and then sat on the plane for another 1 1/2 hours while they worked on a problem. The plane is smaller, less roomy than a jet, and tends to vibrate a lot in the air. The food was good and they served cognac with it. The flight was eight hours to Keflavik, Iceland.
April 16. I arrived at 12:30 pm local time (8 hours ahead of Pacific) and after going through customs, took the 23 mile bus trip to Rekjavik where I checked into the Loftleidir Hotel. I thought I had made reservations but the
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