Slow Boats to China
- ISBN-10
- 0140062394
- ISBN-13
- 9780140062397
- Category
- Travelers
- Pages
- 488
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1983
- Author
- Gavin Young
Description
It needed twenty-three vessels and seven months to transport Gavin Young by slow boat from Piraeus to Canton - seven months crowded with adventure, excitement and colour. His account of a fantasy come true memorably distils the people, places, smells, conversations, ships and history of the places he encountered in a quite exceptional book.
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