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Название книги: Dave Barry’s Only Travel Guide You’ll Ever Need
Автор(ы): Dave Barry
Жанр: Разное
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/Dave-Barry_s-Only-Travel-Guide-You_ll-Ever-Need-192690.html
Dedication
This book is dedicated to Wilbur and Orville Wright, without whom air sickness would still be just a dream.
Introduction
Mankind has always had a yen to travel. Millions of years ago, Mankind would be sitting around the cave, eating raw mastodon parts, and he’d say, “Marge, I have a yen to travel.” And Marge would agree instantly, because she had frankly reached the point where if she saw one more mastodon part, she was going to scream. So off they’d go, these primitive tourists, exploring new territory, seeing new sights, encountering new cultures, and eventually having their skulls bashed into tiny fragments by the Big Rock Tribe.But that has not stopped us. No, the human race is far too stupid to be deterred from tourism by a mere several million years of bad experiences, and today we’re traveling in larger numbers than ever. We travel because, no matter how comfortable we are at home, there’s a part of us that wants—that needs—to see new
Название книги: Dave Barry’s Only Travel Guide You’ll Ever Need
Автор(ы): Dave Barry
Жанр: Разное
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/Dave-Barry_s-Only-Travel-Guide-You_ll-Ever-Need-192690.html
Dedication
This book is dedicated to Wilbur and Orville Wright, without whom air sickness would still be just a dream.
Introduction
Mankind has always had a yen to travel. Millions of years ago, Mankind would be sitting around the cave, eating raw mastodon parts, and he’d say, “Marge, I have a yen to travel.” And Marge would agree instantly, because she had frankly reached the point where if she saw one more mastodon part, she was going to scream. So off they’d go, these primitive tourists, exploring new territory, seeing new sights, encountering new cultures, and eventually having their skulls bashed into tiny fragments by the Big Rock Tribe.But that has not stopped us. No, the human race is far too stupid to be deterred from tourism by a mere several million years of bad experiences, and today we’re traveling in larger numbers than ever. We travel because, no matter how comfortable we are at home, there’s a part of us that wants—that needs—to see new
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