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Loading... Slow boats to China (original 1981; edition 1983)by Gavin Young
Work InformationSlow Boats to China by Gavin Young (1981)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. There is a sense that the author drifted into, and along with the notion to travel from England to China using local boats, dhows etc. There are difficulties and hazards, and the story is interesting in its description of people and places along the way, but there is no real sense of challenge or ultimately of achievement. This is not a voyage in the sense of Tim Severin's 'Sindbad Voyage' which covered much the same route. The author does not build his own boat and commit himself (and the reader) to the hazard of failure. It is a journey where the author is carried along by the efforts of others, and the reader is likewise carried along, but ultimately without any great sense of being uplifted. But to be fair the book does not make any great claims for itself, or for the reader. It is purely and simply good entertainment for those that love boats and travel. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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This text follows the travels of the author who, discouraged from planning a route by unhelpful travel agents and unreliable shipping guides, embarks upon a game of traveller's roulette. The book starts at Piraeus and ends at Canton, as Young boards any vessel moving in the right direction - tanker, freighter, dhow or junk, visiting as many ports of call as possible in between. The journey takes seven months and 23 vessels to complete, and features encounters with pirates, unspeakable food and lasting friendships formed. No library descriptions found. |
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