Beyond the Pancake Trench: Road Tales from the Wild East

This is a collection of stories from the margins of South and Southeast Asia, and his observations on the human condition, as he experiences it firsthand along the less tourist-beaten paths of South and Southeast Asia, results in a no-holds-barred account of life in the region, distinctly as not discribed in the glossy

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Vater's observations on the human condition as he experiences it firsthand travelling along the less tourist-beaten paths of South and Southeast Asia, result in a frank yet evocative account of life in the region away from the world of glossy brochures. Vater's observations on the human condition as he experiences it firsthand travelling along the less tourist-beaten paths of South and Southeast Asia, result in a frank yet evocative account of life in the region away from the world of glossy brochures. Vater records and reports the remarkable experiences and encounters