The story of two unique trips with a business purpose – but this is no business book or how-to guide; rather, it’s a “delightful, off-beat travelogue with an off-beat much travelled narrator, plenty of vivid characters to meet en route, anecdotal fun, plus an education on local cultures and cuisines” (says my first reviewer, and I couldn’t put it better myself).

Part One follows a whirlwind business trip around half the countries in South America in just a fortnight, in which I faced near-death experiences in planes and cars, met civil insurrection face-to-face, risked kidnap and had to overcome mindless bureaucracy that could derail the itinerary on a daily basis. 

Then, in Part Two, I travel around the Far East for three weeks in the company of a obstreperous, can’t-do-without but can’t-do-with female colleague, learning new cultures fast. Oh, and all in the pursuit of business goals that somehow still seem to be met along the way.”