The first story grabbed me for its description of Constitución in Buenos Aires, a neighborhood that used to be prosperous but is now known for prostitution, drugs and theft. But if you know how to move, if you understand the dynamics, the schedules, it is not dangerous. Or it is less dangerous. I know that …
A great book to read during a time when it’s hard to travel. Bangkok Days investigates various nooks and crannies of the Big Mango that, while fascinating, I don’t particularly want to go to personally. Osborne is “on the lam” in Bangkok a place he can live cheap, he makes this discovery while visiting to …
There is a lot about how to bed girls in Dead Bat. In hostels and nightclubs from Ecuador to Brazil, Roosh and other young Western males scheme to score local women, with the less exotic but more accessible gringas as a back up. Having experienced this hostel scene myself, it’s hardly controversial or uncommon for …
South of the Clouds, Exploring the Hidden Realms of China by former New York Times reporter Seth Faison is a balanced and interesting China expat memoir. Why? Because the book includes the background to the stories he reported on and also intimate details of his private life. He writes about some fairly edgy stuff like …