'Down And Out In The Golden Triangle' And Other Tales Of South-East Asian Travel
It was steady money guaranteed. After years on the scrounge in Seattle, Dr Jazz had finally landed a job, a late night reviewer's slot on coast-to-coast radio. But Nori, his girlfriend, had gone - tired of waiting, she said. A letter arrived from Istanbul. She was off to Asia for the winter. Would he meet her in Bangkok? O Merciful Buddha...
On a shoestring budget, Nori and Dr Jazz journey along the old 'dharma trail', a backpacking network of cheap digs and contacts throughout Asia. In this book, Jazz records the trip and captures the sights, sounds and smells of the trail. His tales are of an Asia rarely seen or felt.
Jazz's pillowbook musings touch on love, history, custom, the erotic, religion, politics, drugs and the plainly odd, in a quest to reveal the key to his won and Asia's heart.
