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Fun, easy read. Humorous accounts of faux pas away from home. We've all been there.
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The Thong Also Rises: Further Misadventures from Funny Women on the Road!
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Too many travel guides are dry lists of attractions or portentous histories of a place. This isn't the case with The Thong Also Rises. Hot on the (high) heels of Sand in My Bra and Whose Panties Are These? comes this collection of the best in women’s travel and humor writing. These Ms-adventures take readers around the world and back again — and they’ll be happy to be reading rather than experiencing some of these adventures. Subjects include learning how to go to the bathroom with a pig in Thailand, trying to explain that sex toy to customs while Mother is watching, attending naked wedding ceremonies on Valentine’s Day in Jamaica, conquering that consuming fear of wooden puppets with a visit to Prague, boarding a crusty old Soviet Bomber in Laos, and more. Contributors include such notable writers and comedians as Jill Connor Browne, Wanda Sykes, Laurie Notaro, Wendy Dale, and Ayun Halliday.
232 pages, Paperback
First published August 18,2005
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232 pages, Paperback
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August 18, 2005 by Travelers' Tales
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9781932361247
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1932361243
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English
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Problogger and new-media consultant / Los Angeles Times Web Buzz columnist / "This Week in Travel" podcast host / Editor of the Travelers' Tales Sand in My Bra Series / Co-founder of BestKidsApps.com / One of Elliott's 50 Travel Twitterers to Follow
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While exceedingly funny (funny in the sense that it's funny when other people run into glass doors, but not when you do), this book is pretty much chock full of disaster travel stories. I read while on a plane heading to what I hoped would be a fabulous vacay - had to put it down because I thought I might jinx myself. I would recommend reading during a time when you don't have any vacations planned.
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It was OK. I thought it would be funnier, but I did like all the contributing authors.
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Ok, 6 stories shy of finishing this book...I gave up. BORING. So so sorry. Picked this book up thinking it would be funny and it really just put me to sleep. Don't waste your time!
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I thought this was a nice compilation of funny stories. I bought it over a decade ago and read some of the chapters. On a recent visit to my parent's house I rediscovered the book and read it all over again. Funnily enough, I still remembered some of the stories. I've actually been a lone woman traveller at some points in my life so it was possible to relate to the women in this book. What I'm really grateful for is that it veers away from scary predatory stories that a lot of books about women traveling rant on about and instead sticks to the funny incidents.
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This book will make women not want to travel, especially alone. And for that reason I am not a fan.
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So funny & inspiring. Gave it to Jordan, a British girl I met in Vietnam.
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My dear spouse purchased this book series for me knowing I love (1) to travel and (2) to write. He was hoping it would inspire me to write my own stories, and I think it will. It does seem that much of women travel stories revolve around bathrooms and other mishaps with personal hygiene. A quick fun read.
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