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Does Your Meter Work?


Does Your Meter Work?

Jim Soliski

Western Publishing

PO Box 41, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T5J 2G9

0973480904 $13.50

Does Your Meter Work? is an anthology of travel vignettes chronicling one man's wandering throughout the East. 44 brief tales of everything from Philippine cock-fights to white-water rafting through the Nepali Himalayas, hitchhiking Hitchhiking (also known as lifting, thumbing, hitching, autostop or thumbing up a ride) is a means of transportation that is gained by asking people (usually strangers) for a ride in their automobile to travel a distance that may either be a short or long distance.  from Brunei to Bangkok, experiencing the mysteries of Angkor Wat Angkor Wat

Temple complex in Angkor (now in northwestern Cambodia), the crowning work of Khmer architecture. About 1,700 yards (1,550 m) long by 1,500 yards (1,400 m) wide, it is the world's largest religious structure.
 in Cambodia, and more fill this exciting travelogue. Jim Soliski's articles have been previously published in newspapers around the world including The Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune

Daily newspaper published in Chicago. The Tribune is one of the leading U.S. newspapers and long has been the dominant voice of the Midwest. Founded in 1847, it was bought in 1855 by six partners, including Joseph Medill (1823–99), who made the paper
 and Outpost Magazine; now they are gathered in single amazing a·maze  
v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es

v.tr.
1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise.

2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex.

v.intr.
 tour de force that is the next best thing to personal globetrotting. An exciting and varied adventure from cover to cover.
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