HOW TO AVOID GETTING MUGGED IN RIO DE JANEIRO BY SINGING SONGS BY THE POLICE AND OTHER LESSER KNOWN TRAVEL TIPS.

 

HOW TO AVOID GETTING MUGGED IN RIO DE JANEIRO BY SINGING SONGS BY THE POLICE by SIMON YEATES.

Genre ... Humour, Memoir, Travel

Publication Date ... 1st December 2023

Estimated Page Count .. 252

Standalone second book in a 3 part series

Purchase Link ... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CR6GDDXR/

Book 2 of a hilarious series of travel misadventures and dubious personal introspection by Australian author Simon Yeats, who from an early age learned that the best way to approach the misfortunes of this world is to laugh about it.

Simon shares his comedic insights into the unusual and uproarious elements of living life as an Aussie ex-pat and having a sense of Wanderlust as pervasive as the Bubonic Plague in the 1300s.

From what to do when several people converge to rob you after midnight on a deserted Copacabana Beach, to how to save the Sierra Mountain Range from a wildfire outbreak due to a lack of quality toilet paper, to where not to go in Tijuana when trying to locate the origins to stories of the city’s mythical adult entertainment, to how to save yourself from drowning when caught in a storm while sailing off the California coast.

Simon Yeats has gone into the world and experienced all the out of the ordinary moments for you to sit back and enjoy the experience without the need to lose an eye or damage your liver.

Well! Another book, another destination, another looonnng title but then after How to Start A Riot In A Brothel In Thailand By Ordering A Beer And Other Lesser Known Travel Tips {the title of the first book in this, the author's travel memoir series} I suppose I'd have been a smidgen disappointed with anything less than, oh a fifteen word title.

Just how would YOU Avoid Getting Mugged in Rio de Janeiro? Maybe by singing songs by the police?? 

Hmm! I can't imagine I'm alone when I say I've never given it a thought ... and now, thanks to this book, I have no need to do so.

Not that it hasn't been a hoot finding out. Having read this the 'second' book in the series {seriously, I know how some of you need to read a series in order but with these books there really is no reason to do so} I've come to appreciate the author's tongue in cheek sense of humour; his ability to poke fun at himself even more.

Someone looking not just for a travel memoir but also for a guide as to what you might do if faced with any number of eventualities whilst travelling? Or, like myself, someone who hadn't considered the possibility of singing songs to avoid getting mugged in Rio de Janeiro ... and are pleased you now don't have to? Or, just someone with a sense of humour looking for a fun 'travel memoir' that's different? Either way you won't be disappointed.

 

Simon Yeats has lived nine lives, and by all estimations, is fast running out of the number he has left. His life of globetrotting the globe was not the one he expected to lead. He grew up a quiet, shy boy teased by other kids on the playgrounds for his red hair. But he developed a keen wit and sense of humor to always see the funnier side of life.

With an overwhelming love of travel, a propensity to find trouble where there was none, and being a passionate advocate of mental health, Simon’s stories will leave a reader either rolling on the floor in tears of laughter, or breathing deeply that the adventures he has led were survived.

No author has laughed longer or cried with less restraint at the travails of life.

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With thanks to Rachel of Rachel's Random Resources for organising a paper copy. One of several bloggers participating in the Blog Tour of this book, agree or disagree with me, all opinions are my own; no financial compensation was asked for nor given; threats of violence towards my favourite teddy bear went unheeded as did promises of chocolate.

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