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The Manana Method
The Manana Method is a psychedelically tinged travelogue/memoir which follows two amigos Andy "Tunes" Clark and his sidekick Dangerous Dave, over nine thousand miles of road, from the border town of Nogales to the southern most point in Mexico.
Set in 1979, the young Americans live on a few dollars a day--existing on churros, enchiladas, and tamales, scrapping with the rapacious rats and scorpions in cheap hotels, sampling the local psychedelic drugs, and languishing on the white, pristine beaches overlooking a turquoise sea. In the end, their backpacking odyssey imbues them with understanding and a new love for a people who, after all, are not so different from them.
The Manana Method is a psychedelically tinged travelogue/memoir which follows two amigos Andy "Tunes" Clark and his sidekick Dangerous Dave, over nine thousand miles of road, from the border town of Nogales to the southern most point in Mexico.
Set in 1979, the young Americans live on a few dollars a day--existing on churros, enchiladas, and tamales, scrapping with the rapacious rats and scorpions in cheap hotels, sampling the local psychedelic drugs, and languishing on the white, pristine beaches overlooking a turquoise sea. In the end, their backpacking odyssey imbues them with understanding and a new love for a people who, after all, are not so different from them.
The Manana Method is a psychedelically tinged travelogue/memoir which follows two amigos Andy "Tunes" Clark and his sidekick Dangerous Dave, over nine thousand miles of road, from the border town of Nogales to the southern most point in Mexico.
Set in 1979, the young Americans live on a few dollars a day--existing on churros, enchiladas, and tamales, scrapping with the rapacious rats and scorpions in cheap hotels, sampling the local psychedelic drugs, and languishing on the white, pristine beaches overlooking a turquoise sea. In the end, their backpacking odyssey imbues them with understanding and a new love for a people who, after all, are not so different from them.
Set in 1979, the young Americans live on a few dollars a day--existing on churros, enchiladas, and tamales, scrapping with the rapacious rats and scorpions in cheap hotels, sampling the local psychedelic drugs, and languishing on the white, pristine beaches overlooking a turquoise sea. In the end, their backpacking odyssey imbues them with understanding and a new love for a people who, after all, are not so different from them.
The Manana Method is a psychedelically tinged travelogue/memoir which follows two amigos Andy "Tunes" Clark and his sidekick Dangerous Dave, over nine thousand miles of road, from the border town of Nogales to the southern most point in Mexico.
Set in 1979, the young Americans live on a few dollars a day--existing on churros, enchiladas, and tamales, scrapping with the rapacious rats and scorpions in cheap hotels, sampling the local psychedelic drugs, and languishing on the white, pristine beaches overlooking a turquoise sea. In the end, their backpacking odyssey imbues them with understanding and a new love for a people who, after all, are not so different from them.
The Manana Method is a psychedelically tinged travelogue/memoir which follows two amigos Andy "Tunes" Clark and his sidekick Dangerous Dave, over nine thousand miles of road, from the border town of Nogales to the southern most point in Mexico.
Set in 1979, the young Americans live on a few dollars a day--existing on churros, enchiladas, and tamales, scrapping with the rapacious rats and scorpions in cheap hotels, sampling the local psychedelic drugs, and languishing on the white, pristine beaches overlooking a turquoise sea. In the end, their backpacking odyssey imbues them with understanding and a new love for a people who, after all, are not so different from them.
316 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 17, 2018
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About the author
M.D. Navalinski
2 books4 followersMike grew up in S.W. Washington and attended college at Western Washington University as a Journalism Major. Spent time chasing music, his life's true passion over five decades and has interviewed Rick Nelson, Commander Cody, Norton Buffalo, David Bromberg, Jimmy Buffett, and Chuck Leavell. Mike also spent time behind the board as a D.J. for a short stint in early 70's.
To date he has written The Manana Method, a humorously engaging self-published novel revolving around a two-month, 9,000-mile trip throughout Mexico in 1980.
He has recently re-released it in a second edition which is available online through Barnes & Noble and Noble and, now retired, plans to promote more aggressively through other channels.
Signed copies are available currently at mimamoma.nav@comcast.net.
To date he has written The Manana Method, a humorously engaging self-published novel revolving around a two-month, 9,000-mile trip throughout Mexico in 1980.
He has recently re-released it in a second edition which is available online through Barnes & Noble and Noble and, now retired, plans to promote more aggressively through other channels.
Signed copies are available currently at mimamoma.nav@comcast.net.
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September 10, 2019
Full disclosure: I know and am a friend of the author. The first half, or so, of the book moves a little slow. However, this travelogue submitted by a fellow former Kelso Highlander gets to be quite entertaining. Offering some comic relief, relatable situations and a little wisdom sprinkled in. There are some entertaining characters and situations that pulled more than one chuckle out of me.
I liked it.
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July 20, 2018
Put off until tomorrow and enjoy the adventure today in this 1970's trip through Mexico with his buddy Dangerous Dave and sidekick "The Kid". Follow his journey by foot, train, bus, cockroach, etc. with this author's adjective and adverb laced sojourn. M. D. Nav adds comedy and realism to make this book hard to put down. A must read.
July 13, 2018
Buckle up for a wild trip from the cold gray environs of Washington state to the sun bleached beaches of Mexico. Rick Steves kinda meets Hunter Thompson in this crazy ride of a novel, but by the end of the journey Navalinski establishes his own unique voice quite successfully.
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