Peter Biddlecombe — Never Feel a Stranger

Abacus 2001 Paperback, 448pp. Having visited over 170 countries, businessman Peter Biddlecombe is the most well-travelled travel writer around. In his eighth collection of his international escapades, he once more brings his journeys hilariously to life, and lets of steam about the parts of travelling he likes the least: being passed back and forth between bank branch and call centre as he tries to order his traveller's cheques; the 'super-fit yahoos' who can't carry their designer suitcases but have to wheel them everywhere they go; the perils and pitfalls of the check-in desk and the loudspeaker announcements from Planet Stupid. From Peshawar to Palermo, Bishkek to Belieze City, Never Feel a Stranger finds Peter Biddlecombe at his irrepressible, irreverent best. Foxing. (ISBN: 9780349114484). Fair.