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In the story of Joshua Slocum, he looks for the notorious ghost ship the Flying Dutchman. Sadly, I could only recall the Spongbob Episode about the Flying Dutchman. Go popculture! Around the World in Eighty Days was written during difficult times, both for France and Verne. It was during the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871) in which Verne was conscripted as a coastguard; he was having financial difficulties (his previous works were not paid royalties); his father had died recently; and he had witnessed a public execution, which had disturbed him. [6] Turkey – My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk:In sixteenthcentury Istanbul, the Sultan commissions the Ottoman Empire’s most gifted artisans to create a book celebrating the glory of his reign in the European style, but such artmay be seen as an affront to Islam, making it a dangerous task. Shoes - Another thing that takes up space in suitcases is footwear. Bring no more than 3 paris, and only 1 that will take up room (such as hiking boots). Women, consider a sturdy pair of sandals that have good support, and ideally closed toed. Many sandals nowadays are designed to be both functional and fashionable, so these can easily double as a “nice” pair of shoes. Russia – The Master and the Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov:The devil visits 1930s Soviet Russia in the guise of a mysterious professor.

Winter vs Summer weather - it can be easy to forget that your tour may cross hemisphere lines more than once. Because of this you may experience warm highs and very cold lows during your trip. Bring a lot of clothing that can layer easily. Remember that large winter coats take up a lot of room, so try to focus on pieces that help retain heat, but aren’t super bulky. Mozambique – Sleepwalking Land by Mia Couto:During the Mozambican Civil War, a young boy and an old man take shelter in a burnt-out bus where they discover the diary of a dead passenger. Nepal – Arresting God in Kathmandu by Samrat Upadhyay:A novel that explores the dueling natures of desire and spirituality in the lives of men and women in Nepal’s capital city. The companions arrive at Queenstown (Cobh), Ireland, take the train to Dublin and then a ferry to Liverpool, still in time to reach London before the deadline. Once on English soil, Fix arrests Fogg. A short time later, the misunderstanding is cleared up – the actual robber had been caught three days earlier in Edinburgh. Fogg has missed the train and arrives in London five minutes late, certain he has lost the wager.How does political unrest upend families and society? That’s the central question in Horacio Castellanos Moya’s Tyrant Memory, which layers fiction on real events: the attempted 1944 military coup against fascist dictator Maximiliano Hernández Martínez. Moya—a political exile who teaches at the University of Iowa—explores the answer via diary entries of a wealthy society woman whose husband was imprisoned for criticizing Martínez and a separate narrative about her son, fleeing for his life after the failed coup. The novel was originally published in Spanish in 2008. Phileas Fogg is a wealthy English gentleman living a solitary life in London. Despite his wealth, Fogg lives modestly and carries out his habits with mathematical precision. He is a member of the Reform Club, where he spends the best part of his days. Having dismissed his valet for bringing him shaving water at a temperature slightly lower than expected, Fogg hires Frenchman Jean Passepartout as a replacement. United Kingdom – White Teeth by Zadie Smith:A suicidal World War II veteran gets a second lease on life when he marries a beautiful but toothless Jamaican woman half his age while his friend and fellow vet, a Muslim Bengali,enters into an arranged marriage with a feisty woman. History | Worlds of Fun, Kansas City MO". Worldsoffun.com. 21 March 2012. Archived from the original on 24 November 2015 . Retrieved 23 November 2015.

First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers by Luong Ung (Harper Perennial, 2006)

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Most trips around the world are a bit longer than one month, typically at least between 2 and 4 months. These will usually use a few different modes of travel, including small ship, airline, and train. China – Empress Orchidby Anchee Min:A young concubine seizes the throne to become China’s last empress. Uzbekistan – A Collection of Uzbek Short Stories byMahmuda Saydumarova:A collection of ten stories by Uzbek writers such asAbdulla Qahhar, Ghafur Ghulom, and Sayed Ahmad.