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The stories in this book are all true. Its author has been held up at gunpoint at night on a road in Guatemala, and shot with a machine gun in the chest and shoulder in Vietnam. He’s come close to dying of thirst in the Sahara and freezing to death in the Himalayas. He’s contracted malaria and typhoid fever in Ethiopia. and hepatitis in India. There have been accidents involving motorcycles and automobiles. He’s had close calls involving lions (twice), elephants (three times) and a rhino (once).

He’s visited over a hundred countries; seen revolutions, famines, wars, and panty raids - feasted in palaces and fasted in caves. He’s discovered paradises, been saved by dolphin, hopped freight trains, danced with an 108-year-old woman, swam with sharks, frequented opium dens and whore houses, and met a man capable of revealing God. In the pages of this book you’ll meet the queen of the Ecuadorian prison system, a swami from Katmandu who makes his living picking up large stones with his penis, yak herders, tunnel rats, 300 pound go-go girls, deep sea divers, drug dealers, Indonesian princes, stock car drivers, beanheads, Bolivian miners, powder monkeys, hookers and saints.

Between the stories the author gives advice to would-be travelers, describes six tropical paradises where you can live comfortably on five hundred dollars a month, and includes his personal lists of the best things in the world.

When in America Mr. Linnemeier lives quietly with his long-term partner, Marcia Anderson, in a small Indiana town. He claims to have abandoned most of his previous vices, and has the stated aim of dying peacefully in bed at ninety five. In his own words, “I’m not the kind of person that men automatically defer to. I don’t usually make women’s hearts beat faster when they see me across a crowded room". That’s the point: You don’t have to be remarkable to live a remarkable life. If you’d like to lead an adventurous life but feel that you’re too young, too old, too poor, or too tied down with responsibilities, then read on.