Go Away: Travels With, and Without, my Wife

Go Away: Travels With, and Without, my Wife - Paperback

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Go Away: Travels With, and Without, my Wife - Paperback

Go Away: Travels With, and Without, my Wife - Paperback

by Les Stanley
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by Les Stanley (Author)

In early September 2023, I left the sanctity of my Brisbane home and sallied forth on a four-month adventure across Asia and Europe. I travelled, for the most part, alone, joined in a couple of locations by my wife. One fine afternoon, as we discussed the travelogue I would write about the trip, I was inspired by what to use as a title. Go Away, with its subtle as a sledgehammer double meaning, seemed appropriate.

The title and writing style were inspired by one of my favourite writers, Paul Theroux. The journey he undertook to write his genre-defining travel book, The Great Railway Bazaar, also took four months.
Never writing a particularly positive account of the countries he passes through, or the people he meets, towards the end of the book Theroux becomes even more curmudgeonly. This is mainly because he is missing his wife and the comfort of home. Desperate to make it home for Christmas, he struggles with flight, ship and train cancellations caused by bad weather.
I knew how he felt. Not that I wanted to be home for Christmas, but I would rather not have spent it suffering a dose of COVID in Vietnam. There's no denying that four months is a long time to be away.
It wasn't all bad though. Far from it. I loved the people and sights of Romania. I learnt much about the history of Paris thanks to two days spent, in the rain, with a friend who lives there and is a passionate and knowledgeable history teacher. Italy was a feast of pizza and wine with some historical marvels thrown in. Bangkok, as always, was mostly fun.


Number of Pages: 284
Dimensions: 0.6 x 8 x 5 IN
Publication Date: April 14, 2024
ISBN9781763510005
Author Les Stanley
PublisherLes Stanley
GenreBiography, Travel, and Humor & comedy
FormatPaperback
PublishedApril 2024
LanguageENG- English
Pages284
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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