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From the authors of best-sellingMolvan acomes another hilarious send-up of the always-culturally sensitive travel guide. Whether you'd prefer to taste the Phaic Tanese dishguoman(a local duck delicacy whereby the bird is plucked, rolled in spices, and slowly roasted over hot coals before being brought to the table and killed), or go brown-water rafting on the mudslides of the heavily deforested jungles of the north, or gain insight into the unusual customs of the Phaic Tanese people (Phaic Tanese men will often touch a blonde-headed child because so doing is believed to bring gold, and will likewise touch the breasts of a blonde-headed woman because so doing is believed to bring pleasure), Jetlag's travel guide istheessential guide for the undiscerning traveler. A fascinating land of contrasts with one foot in the past and another striding determinedly forward,Phaic Tantruly is a nation going in circles.Gleisner, Tom is the author of 'Phaic Tan Sunstroke on a Shoestring', published 2006 under ISBN 9780811853651 and ISBN 0811853659.
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