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Tables of Contents for Nomad
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
1 A Regular Guy Decides to Do an Irregular Thing
2
8
2 Leave Your Shoes - and Ethnocentricty - at the Door
10
3
3 Mama-San Pitches a Fit
13
2
4 A Warm Welcome, With a Taste of Kudzu
15
5
5 Three Monks' Promise: 'We Will Pray for You'
20
4
6 Despite the Juicy Girls and the DMZ, This Land Is Rough Around the Edges
24
11
7 Hello, Mr. Moneybags Have I Got a Taxi, and Hotel, For You
35
3
8 Stepping Into a Majestic Capital and Its Crazy Quilt of Traffic
38
13
9 Exuberant Leo-A Wannabe Capitalist in New China
51
9
10 A Black Suit and a Bowl of Beef Noodle
60
12
11 Making Peace With a Rodent Roommate in the Mekong Delta
72
7
12 Basking in Smiles as "Chief" Shepherds Us to the Cambodian Border
79
11
13 In Poor Cambodia, A Palace Rivals the Forbidden City
90
10
14 Cambodia's National Highway 6: Oh, the Horror
100
6
15 Exploring Khao San Road, Mecca for Backpackers in Asia
106
8
16 Rumbles in the Jungle: A Volcano and White-Knuckle Ride in Sumatra
114
12
17 There's Something Fishy About Transport to Singapore
126
7
18 A Pleasant Interlude in a Land of Order and Prosperity
133
13
19 Hello, Buddha. Como esta?
146
6
20 Feeling the Repressive Touch of Big Brother in Myanmar
152
12
21 At the Top of the World, Rewarded for Pain and Hardship
164
38
22 Where East Meets West: A Modern Confluence in Istanbul
202
12
23 Stalking the Big Five on Safari in Kenya
214
15
24 It's Smooth Traveling, Even After Wine-Tasting, in South Africa
229
11
25 At the End of the Line in Quito, Ecuador, With Thoughts of Home
240
5
Epilogue
245
19
Index
264