3.75
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 The Himalayan Chapter alone is enough to sell this book. For anyone who is looking for a short read, witty, relatable and reflective of some potential travel drama anyone could experience, this is the book. I loved every minute of it and it reminded me of my own adventures and upsets from around the world. 

 He has a chapter about a flight from hell. I was on multiple flights from hell...or one of the circles of hell. Missed a connecting flight to Konya, Turkiye and had a flight cancelled from Istanbul to Korea just as the pandemic was starting. I had no clue what was going on, got to the check-in desk and the amazing folks at Turkish Airlines explained that the flight was cancelled. I was distraught - I had booked that flight because it landed about 4 hours before I had to go into work that day (yes, I used to play fast and loose with my return flights after vacations). I was then placed on a Vietnam Airlines flight at no cost to me after explaining my situation and it landed about an hour later than the Turkish Airlines flight would have. I made it to the office and found everyone wearing masks like it was the end of the world and I had missed the beginning of the chaos. Luckily, my manager had placed a mask kit and sanitizer on my desk and I promptly got into the habit as did everyone in Korea because hey, they were already accustomed to mask wearing before the pandemic.

Back to Luke Edwards book - you know what, no spoilers. It's a 4 or 5 hour read if you want to chew on each chapter slowly.

Definitely recommend this.