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Description edit
“An utterly charming and engaging travel book that offers vivid portraits of unusual corners of Asia, told by a skilled raconteur whose eyes were open wide.” — Los Angeles Times Book Review Warned by a Hong Kong fortune-teller not to risk flying for an entire year, Tiziano Terzani—a vastly... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Nordin: Add a description of this character.
- John
- Sihanouk
- Angela
- Ossendowski
- Leopold
- Michael
- Der Spiegel
- Andrew
- Claude
- Mao
- Sukarno
- Bertil
- Lee
- Saskia
- Muslim
- Kompong Som
- Rajamanikam
- Dalai Lama
- Willem
- Ali
- Bunyan
- T. K. Soon
- Maurice
- Suchinda
- Genghis Khan
- Yang
Setting & Locations edit
- Singapore
- Bangkok
- Indochina
- Southeast Asia
- Thailand
- Cambodia
- India
- Hong Kong
- Burma
- Malacca
- Malaysia
- Vietnam
- Europe
- Indonesia
- Phnom Penh
- Laos
- Peking
- Florence
- Rangoon
- Mongolia
- Saigon
- Jakarta
- Hanoi
- Ulan Bator
- Islam
- Italy
- Betong
- Japan
- Penang
- Kuala Lumpur
- London
- Russia
- Macao
- Tibet
- Angkor
- New York
- Turtle House
- Shanghai
- Sumatra
- Kengtung
- Taiwan
- Africa
- Paris
- Ho Mong
- Yunnan
- Lingga
- Rome
First Sentence edit
Life is full of opportunities.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in National Geographic Traveler's Ultimate Travel Library—Around the World in 80+ Books. (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Tiziano Terzani (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Crown Pub
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 060960841X
Page Count: 384
Publisher: Crown Pub
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 060960841X
Page Count: 384
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 915.04429
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