Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need
by Dave Barry
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Author: Dave BarryEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1999-03-01
ISBN: 0345431138
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Reviews of Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need
Book Review: I wonder if he can get any funnier . . . yet he somehow manages to keep me laughing
Summary: 5 Stars
You have to pay attention to a book dedicated to Wilbur and Orville
Wright, "without whom air sickness would still be just a dream" . . . that
certainly Caught my attention, as did just about everything else in DAVE
BARRY'S ONLY TRAVEL GUIDE YOU'LL EVER NEED.
I particularly liked this guide's candor . . . as the author notes,
"If I think a country is awful, I'm going to say so, even if I've never
been to this country and know virtually nothing about it."
Every time I read something else by Barry, I wonder if he can
get any funnier . . . yet he somehow manages to keep
me laughing with such observations as the following:
The type of luggage you carry says a lot about you. For example,
if you're carrying somebody else's luggage, it says you're a thief.
If the security personnel do their job properly, they just might cause you
to miss your plane, thereby possibly saving your life.
As you parents know, a small child can go for weeks without going
to the bathroom at home, but once you hit the road it becomes
pretty much a full-time occupation.
We have taken Robert's friends with us on numerous trips, and
we have noted a phenomenon familiar to all parents, namely that you
would have less conflict if you put the entire North and South Korean
arms forces in your backseat, then you get with just two children.
The official state motto of Alaska is "Brrrrrr!"
We eat a lot on long trips because we feel our bodies are less likely
to become bored if they can pass the time converting food into fat.
I listened to a taped version of ONLY TRAVEL GUIDE, which was
made even more enjoyable by the fact that Barry also served as
the narrator . . . his wry sense of humor came through even
more vividly than had I just read the book.
Summary of Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need
TAKE YOUR TRAVEL TIPS FROM DAVE BARRY,A GUY WHO IS REALLY GONE!
Complete with maps, histories, quaint local facts (France's National Underwear Changing Day is March 12), song lyrics, helpful hints on how to get through Customs (all insects must be spayed), and tidbits from Dave Barry's own fond vacation nightmares, DAVE BARRY'S ONLY TRAVEL GUIDE YOU'LL EVER NEED is just that. You'll find everything you need to know in this incredibly comprehensive reference, including:
- Air Travel (Or: Why Birds Never Look Truly Relaxed)
- Traveling as a Family (Or: No, We Are NOT There Yet)
- Traveling in Europe ("Excuse me! Where is the Big Mona Lisa?")
- Camping: Nature's Way of Promoting the Motel Industry
Dave describes the dark side of tourism with such comical precision that you'll wonder why you ever bother to leave the safety of your living room. For my money, nobody has ever produced a better snapshot of the Baggage Carousel, "where passengers traditionally gather at the end of a flight to spend several relaxing hours watching the arrival of luggage from some other flight, which comes randomly spurting out of a mysterious troll-infested tunnel that is apparently connected to another airport, possibly in a different dimension."
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