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San Sombrero - Santo Cilauro


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San Sombrero - Santo Cilauro

 
Description: ISBN 1844003361 / Author: Santo Cilauro / Genre: Humour / It looks like a travel book and reads like a travel book but it's the spoof of ... more
San Sombrero - Santo Cilauro ... the year.

Newest Review: ... budget where "a city health inspector found something disturbing in the kitchen freezer - one of his former ... more

 ... colleagues". As the cover says it is "a land of carnivals, cocktails and coups" with sections on the major provinces and cities in the country, aptly named things like "Pollucion", "Nicotino" and "San Pistachio". Corey Watts is a new commentator for adventure travel, discussing highs such as "a new version of shark cage diving in which both you and the shark are placed in an underwater cage and left to fend for yourselves. Awesome!" The ever-popular Phillippe Miseree makes ...more

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Premium Review San Sombrero - Santo Cilauro: SAN SOMBRERO - A realistic journey through Central America (409 words)
by - written on 22/02/07 (Very useful, 138 readings)
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Continuing the theme of a parodic travel guide, San Sombrero is the third book in the Jetlag Travel Guide series and journeys to South America, land of hot sex, warfare, jungles and shopping rip-offs. An original concept in travel humour, the layout is like a Lonely Planet guide, containing maps, traveller's tips and sections on accommodation, dining, politics, history, art, religion, shopping and tourist attractions. The dining section ranges from expensive where "you can dine outdoors or behind bulletproof glass" to the budget where "a city health inspector found something disturbing in the kitchen freezer - one of his former ...  Read the complete review

 

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