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Hand to Mouth to India
by
Tom Thumb (Goodreads Author)
A young man’s rite of passage and one hell of a travelogue.
Tom Thumb wrote Hand to Mouth to India in 1997 at the age of 20 and it’s the tale of how he hitchhiked from England to India with no money.
Tom risked hunger, Hungarian damsels, Islamic conversion attempts and over-friendly truck drivers as he hitched through England, France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Roma...more
Tom Thumb wrote Hand to Mouth to India in 1997 at the age of 20 and it’s the tale of how he hitchhiked from England to India with no money.
Tom risked hunger, Hungarian damsels, Islamic conversion attempts and over-friendly truck drivers as he hitched through England, France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Roma...more
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Published
February 10th 2011
by Baxter St.
(first published 2009)
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This book was provided free, in PDF format, to me by Tom Thumb, himself, through one of the many travel forums I frequent. I cannot remember which, at the moment.
I started reading it because it was freely given, but stayed because it was a captivating story. Tom Thumb tells a fantastic tale of his overland journey from Great Britain all the way to Goa, India. His journey was fraught with challenges and generosity that will restore your faith in the inherent goodness of humanity.
As I started to n...more
I started reading it because it was freely given, but stayed because it was a captivating story. Tom Thumb tells a fantastic tale of his overland journey from Great Britain all the way to Goa, India. His journey was fraught with challenges and generosity that will restore your faith in the inherent goodness of humanity.
As I started to n...more
Tom Thumb has the unique ability to construct sentences with whimsical and lyrical humor. sometimes flowery, sometimes eye-opening and thought-provoking, your thumbs too will itch. if you have never set foot into the whims of the universe's playful and mysterious path provided for those who dare throw themselves into the open arms of spontaneity despite the furrowed brows of those who can't conceive of traveling without a detailed itinerary or thousands of dollars in your savings account, then p...more
Some the best travel writing is more about living than traveling. Or living through traveling, perhaps. This tome ranks among the best I've read; the author's journey is equal parts inspirational, thought-provoking, and purely mad.
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Tom Thumb has been travelling since 1995 and has lived all over the world, absorbing diverse influences and cultures, resulting in a varied and eclectic writing style.
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