The Bird Man and the Lap Dancer Close Encounters with Strangers

Recalling some of the intriguing people and places he has encountered over the past twenty-five years, the author of Orchid Fever presents a collection of travel essays in which he describes his experiences drinking kava in Vanuatu, working at Mother Teresa's hospice in Calcutta, and meeting an ornithologist who takes topless dancers on birdwatching expeditions. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.