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On Vacation: Out of the Workplace and off the Clock
Oliver Gunther
ASIN: B00KFP82KA
Publisher: Kindle
Pages: 193

Kirkus:Globe-trotting Gunther makes his debut with this slim travelogue from a series of far-flung locations.The author’s journeys take him to the Republic of the Congo, Borneo, Germany, Morocco, Ghana and the White Mountains in Eastern California. The book opens at the beginning of a trip to a gorilla research station in Mbeli Bai, Congo, a remote jungle clearing in the Nouabal-Ndoki National Park. A series of vignettes captures the chaos of travel, from frenzied airport arrivals to a heart-stopping moment when the outboard motor seizes during a nocturnal canoe journey up the Sangha River. The author moves on to Borneo, where he describes diving in the Celebes Sea. There are also many fascinating encounters with wildlife, including a standoff with a young orangutan. Another jump finds the author celebrating Karneval and speeding down the autobahn in Germany, then trekking in the ...
Amazon Rating:
4 stars from 1 rating