WORLD’S WEIRDEST TRAVEL BOOKS

02-21-2008

 

 

(Victoria, BC – 20 February, 2008) Travel by Cargo Ship has been voted the world’s weirdest travel book by visitors to AbeBooks.com – a major online marketplace for new, used, rare and out-of-print books.

Hugo Verlomme’s Travel by Cargo Ship, last published in 1995 and now sadly out-of-print, has several memorable pieces of advice, including....

 

“And, let’s admit it, a cabin on a cargo ship on the ocean can also be a dream love nest for a couple looking for an unusual and timeless honeymoon.”

 

“You may also get the chance to play ping-pong, a game which takes on a whole new dimension when the ship rolls or pitches....”

 

“Casting off and docking are events to be savoured. The entertaining maneuvers of the tugs, pilots climbing like monkeys up rope ladders... How could one be bored with so much to see?”

 

The World’s Top 10 Weirdest Travel Books:

1 Travel by Cargo Ship by Hugo Verlomme (1995) – A container ship packed with self-assembly Ikea furniture has its attractions

2 Other People’s Business: A Guidebook to 87 Company and Industrial Tours in and Near Ohio by Jane Ware (1993) – Never mind the sandy beaches of Barbados, visit a steel plant in Cleveland

3 The Complete Medical Tourist by David Hancock (2006) – A tummy tuck in Thailand, a hip replacement in Hanoi...

4 Mini-Trips for Maxi-Fun by McDonalds Staff (1970) – We’re not lovin’ this guide to day-trips where the McAuthors hope you’ve forgotten the packed lunch

5 Round Ireland with a Fridge by Tony Hawks (2001) – A comedian hitchhikes around the Emerald Isle with a large domestic appliance... what’s weird about that?

6 Flattened Fauna by Roger M. Knutson (1987) – Was that a raccoon or a rabbit? A guide to interstate road-kill for those long road-trips

7 Biking to the Arctic Circle by Allen L. Johnson (1997) – The author coldly goes where no cyclist has gone before

8 Laid to Rest in California: A Guide to the Cemeteries and Grave Sites of the Rich and Famous by Patricia Brooks (2006) – Celebrity spotting for the morbidly minded

9 Up Sh*t Creek: a collection of horrifyingly true wilderness toilet misadventures by Joe Lindsay (1997) – A paddle didn’t help these travelers

10 The Space Tourist’s Handbook by Eric Anderson (2005) – Eating out, seeing the sights, meeting locals....all in zero gravity

 

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