HARDSHIP POSTING
VOLUME 2
400 more amusing and amazing anecdotes of
ordinary expats in extraordinary situations around Asia!
"Hardship Posting" Vol.2 is the follow-up to the best-selling
first volume which has sold out around Asia several times. With
even more stories and twice as many contributors, this is a hilarious
warts-and-all look at the extreme experiences and situations that
expats find themselves in, thousands of miles from the comfort zones
of their own country and culture."
Compiled and edited by Stuart Lloyd, who spent over 12 years in
Asia. With colourful narration from the legendary Old Asia Hand,
barstool philosopher and raconteur, Colonel Ken.
The
gent that threw his Indian laundryman off his houseboat!
The Aussie that turned up to the wrong Thai funeral - and stayed!
The American that always takes 12 eggs to
the toilet! The Filipino faith healer that removed a volcanic
rock instead of a kidney stone! The gent
handcuffed to his hospital bed after a fight with a taxi driver!
The Scotsman that couldn't get enough whiskey in Indonesia! The
Brit who paid a Hong Kong fine in Monopoly money! The High
Commissioner that drove his official car off the road in Brunei!
The European couple looking for The Floating
Market in a Bangkok office block! Waking up to find the girl
of your dreams is a toothless Chinese grandmother! The
American shot in a Sri Lankan palace roadblock! The guy 'quarantined'
on his honeymoon! The gent that bribed a
Thai policeman with a papaya salad! The madman that wore
a red plastic dress on the Tokyo train! And
many, many more
| Chapter 1: Airport and Flying Stories |
| Chapter 2: Bar, restaurant and nightclub stories |
| Chapter 3: Bribery, corruption and conmen stories |
| Chapter 4: Driver and maid stories |
| Chapter 5: Gold, Hash, rugby and sports stories |
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Chapter 6: Holiday and travel stories
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| Chapter 7: House, flatmate and landlord stories |
| Chapter 8: Doctor, nurse, hospital and mumbo-jumbo
stories |
| Chapter 9: Hotel stories |
| Chapter 10: Language difficulty and miscommunications
stories |
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Chapter 11: Office, work and corporate stories
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| Chapter 12: Officialdom, authorities and embassy
stories |
| Chapter 13: Police and traffic police stories |
| Chapter 14: Shopping, market and retail stories |
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Chapter 15: Taxis, traffic and public transport
stories
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Chapter 16: Wives, girlfriends, concubines
and lady-boy stories
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| Chapter 17: Farewells and moving company stories |
| Chapter 18: General miscellaneous stories |
Plus 24 cartoon illustrations of Col.Ken and friends that'll bring
tears to your eyes!
Published by Chrome Pole Press (an imprint of Captions of Industry
Pty Ltd).
Non-fiction/travel
ISBN: 0 9578332 0 2
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