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this book was in good shape and shipped to me right away - thank you
This is not a typical travel guide, more like a guide to living and putting up with the locals, who have no idea what a hot shower means to an American. Again and again. I read Troost first book, Sex Lives of the Cannibals, twice. But the book is quite fun to read. In fact, I think I'll put on the night table right now. I read Getting Stoned three times. I have read several of the user reviews and will add Amen, to what they write.
Though still a bit rustic, with Kava, anything is doable, and so Maarten and Sylivia set out for this adventure. Besides, when you have the local chiefs living next door. Good, but I don't really think it was as good as the first. This lifestyle doesn't seem as challenging as Tarawa, but still they do find themselves in a quagmire to two, but they are veterans at this paradise thing so what are a few cannibal, bugs and mother nature. Life's a piece of cake. Though still very laugh out loud funny, Troost seemed to have been trying to hard to achieve what appeared to be more easily gained in his first book.After finding himself in a boring 9-5 type of job, Maarten and Sylvia can't wait to get back to the life that they had had on Tarawa. This time it's the more settled Vanuatu and Fiji.
A must read if you want a some history and laugh out loud stories. Absolutely, hands down one of the best traveling books I've read. Maarten brings the Pacific Islands to his readers with humor and honesty.
The book is quite funny still. This is the lesser of the three books by Troost, if only because there is a bit of the ex-pat feel to it. The book is still a great and quick read, with overtones of serious kava usage (actually made me buy some Vanuatu kava, which is quite potent).
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