How to barter for paradise
Subtitle: my journey through 14 countries, trading up from an apple to a house in Hawaii
By: Michael Wigge ; translated by Tobi Haberstroh
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9781626364172
Subjects: Voyages around the world; Travel; Economic aspects; Barter
Description: Most people like to travel in comfort: they stay in fancy hotels, never leave tourist spots, and stay away from the locals. Michael Wigge isn't like most people, though. After traveling the world without money for 150 days, he faced his next challenge: to turn an apple into a house in Hawaii. Wigge visits fourteen countries and six continents exchanging goods for more valuable ones, and he meets an array of good-humored people who take his deals.-- from publisher's description.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: Hawaii, here I come!; title: Germany: Bitten by the bug; title: Austria: My first no; title: Switzerland: Help, the Pleiadians Are Coming!; title: India: Sled Masala; title: Australia: Parasite exchange; title: New Zealand: Help at the end of the world; title: Singapore: My first billionaire buddy; title: Thailand: The great trade-out; title: Tanzania: Africa till you drop; title: Kenya: A world-class runner among peers; title: Germany: Home sweet home; title: Ukraine: Illusory beauty; title: Portugal: Bartering by a thread; title: Brazil: Lederhosen and folk music under the palm trees; title: USA: A microcosm of the world; title: Hawaii: The showdown; title: Epilogue.