false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171841376m/122574.jpg 122574 8 With <i>The Sex Lives of Cannibals</i>, Maarten Troost established himself as one of the most engaging and original travel writers around. <i>Getting Stoned with Savages</i> again reveals his wry wit and infectious joy of discovery in a side-splittingly funny account of life in the farthest reaches of the world. After two grueling years on the island of Tarawa, battling feral dogs, machete-wielding neighbors, and a lack of beer on a daily basis, Maarten Troost was in no hurry to return to the South Pacific. But as time went on, he realized he felt remarkably out of place among the trappings of twenty-first-century America. When he found himself holding down a job&#8212;one that might possibly lead to a career&#8212;he knew it was time for him and his wife, Sylvia, to repack their bags and set off for parts unknown.<br><i><br>Getting Stoned with Savages</i> tells the hilarious story of Troost&#8217;s time on Vanuatu&#8212;a rugged cluster of islands where the natives gorge themselves on kava and are still known to &#8220;eat the man.&#8221; Falling into one amusing misadventure after another, Troost struggles against typhoons, earthquakes, and giant centipedes and soon finds himself swept up in the laid-back, clothing-optional lifestyle of the islanders. When Sylvia gets pregnant, they decamp for slightly-more-civilized Fiji, a fallen paradise where the local chiefs can be found watching rugby in the house next door. And as they contend with new parenthood in a country rife with prostitutes and government coups, their son begins to take quite naturally to island living&#8212;in complete contrast to his dad. 118014 13 6 2006 Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu total:1360|5:281|4:571|3:419|2:79|1:10| 1360 5114 1926 269 4 0 false false Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 23:48:52 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 14:43:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Feb 23 07:27:03 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 07:27:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 02 08:38:26 -0800 2009 Mon Apr 06 08:10:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 08:02:36 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 08:12:57 -0700 2009 I especially liked the discussion of ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Jul 26 06:39:26 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 06:39:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jan 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 05 07:27:42 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 23 19:05:40 -0800 2009
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His several page description of 'getting stoned' on Kava was outstanding. If for no other reason, buy and read the book just to enjoy that one chapter.

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He talks about island hisory and current politics. The books ends with the birth o...more...]]> 2 1 true false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu Aug 30 17:10:45 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 30 17:18:03 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 01 19:35:49 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 01 19:57:14 -0700 2008
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