Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu
- ISBN-10
- 0767921992
- ISBN-13
- 9780767921992
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 239
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harlem Moon
- Author
- J. Maarten Troost
Description
Describes travel experiences in Vanuatu and Fiji, which include coping with Mother Nature--typhoons, earthquakes, volcanoes--and observing the relaxed lifestyle of the islanders and their attitudes toward new parenthood.
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