SandwichesShouldNeverTasteLikeCowCrap.jpegSandwiches Should NEVER Taste Like Cow Crap by Dave Lowe (published by Manta Press in 2008) is a tasty stew of stories from life on the Lowe Road.

Starting with strip searches at foreign customs, run-ins with tatami dragon ladies, rides aboard horny camels, shots fired by AK-47's, wheels breaking off taxis and more than a flightmare or two - Dave's travelogue poses a question: Are his size 13 shoes spreading mayhem and chaos with each step?

Only the Travel Gods know for sure.....

Sandwiches Should NEVER Taste Like Cow Crap's synopsis, preface, sample chapters and acclaim can be found by navigating the section below.

Dave Lowe's blog, The Lowe Road covers what's happening in travel, from zero to seven to star, hovels to hotels, donkeycarts to airlines and anything else useful that may come in handy for that future luxury resort vacation in North Korea.

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matthiessen-images.jpgPETER MATTHIESSEN

A journey through Nepal in search of a rare goat brings Matthiessen to the most remote parts of the Himalayan country, and the book he wrote from his experience, The Snow Leopard, is so timeless, so well written, it takes your breath away. His writing style is not over the top, look-at-me kind of travel books that grab headlines in an attempt to fly off the shelves. This book chronicles the journey within as well as without, and how travel removes us from our comfort zone so cleanly, it cuts to the bone of who we are.

 
snowimages.jpgAfter all, that is what travel is all about. (its NOT about package holidays and low cost carriers and plastic beads at resorts)

Even if you are not heading to Nepal, and have no interest to see the hauntingly beautiful mountains there, read this book....The Snow Leopard will stand the test of time (even though this journey took place in 1973) as probably the best book written about Nepal.

Full stop.

In our age of rapidly spinning commercialization and consumption, Matthiessens quiet reflections on life and the wilderness cut through the clutter that smothers our inner souls.