The Weird Way Round - Backpacking Through a Midlife Crisis

A 40-year-old Sydney-based Englishman at a personal and professional crossroads in his life embarks on four months of solo global travel, which he resolutely refuses to accept might be best described as an exercise in 'finding himself'. Epic landscapes, humorous encounters with an eclectic mix of Airbnb hosts, a late-in-life induction into dating apps and a keen eye for the curious and bizarre combine to turn the trip into a thought-provoking adventure. From unexplained crimes in Panama, sex tourism in Costa Rica and disastrous dating in Guatemala through to hire-car burial in the Californian desert and an encounter with a toothless lady in a bar in San Francisco, it's a story about strange and unpredictable things that happen when you hit the road in search of the unknown.

About the author

Alex has a successful career in the professional services industry, which he took time out from to travel and write his first book, The Weird Way Round, a travel story written in the style of his literary idol, Bill Bryson. Alex lives in Sydney, his home since moving from the UK to Australia in 2006.

Product details

• Authors: Alex Maycock
• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9781528974752
• ISBN: 978-1-5289-7475-2
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 233 mm x 156 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 356 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales > World, Arctic, Antarctic