Hot Spots and Dodgy Places: Travels Through North Korea, Sudan And Distant Lands

Name: Hot Spots and Dodgy Places: Travels Through North Korea, Sudan And Distant Lands
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ISBN: 9789812619693

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- Tan Wee Cheng
Publisher
- MarshallCavendishEditions

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Language: English
Format
Category: Non-Fiction

He visits a bizarre flower-show in Pyongyang, crosses confusing ethno-religious fault lines in the Balkans and Lebanon, drinks tea with friendly Yemenis near Osama bin Laden’s ancestral village, explores prehistoric caves with Tuareg tribesmen in Libya, and plays Indiana Jones among pyramids shortly after a rebel attack on Khartoum. Through long-forgotten characters, bizarre coincidences of history and personal stories of individuals he encountered, Wee Cheng turns faraway lands alive, and convinces the reader that these are more than just places in the news.

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Ebook: 1 September 2009

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Hot Spots and Dodgy Places: Travels Through North Korea, Sudan And Distant Lands

By
- Tan Wee Cheng
Publisher
- MarshallCavendishEditions

Language: English
Format
Category: Non-Fiction

He visits a bizarre flower-show in Pyongyang, crosses confusing ethno-religious fault lines in the Balkans and Lebanon, drinks tea with friendly Yemenis near Osama bin Laden’s ancestral village, explores prehistoric caves with Tuareg tribesmen in Libya, and plays Indiana Jones among pyramids shortly after a rebel attack on Khartoum. Through long-forgotten characters, bizarre coincidences of history and personal stories of individuals he encountered, Wee Cheng turns faraway lands alive, and convinces the reader that these are more than just places in the news.

Release date

Ebook: 1 September 2009