We Came, We Saw, We Left A Family Gap Year

Charles Wheelan

eBook - 2021

Charlie Wheelan and his family do what others dream of: They take a year off to travel the world. This is their story. What would happen if you quit your life for a year? In a pre–COVID-19 world, the Wheelan family decided to find out; leaving behind work, school, and even the family dogs to travel the world on a modest budget. Equal parts "how-to" and "how-not-to"—and with an eye toward a world emerging from a pandemic—We Came, We Saw, We Left is the insightful and often hilarious account of one family's gap-year experiment. Wheelan paints a picture of adventure and connectivity, juggling themes of local politics, global economics, and family dynamics while exploring answers to questions like: How do you snea...k out of a Peruvian town that has been barricaded by the local army? And where can you get treatment for a flesh-eating bacteria your daughter picked up two continents ago? From Colombia to Cambodia, We Came, We Saw, We Left...

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Published
W. W. Norton & Company
Language
English
Main Author
Charles Wheelan
Online Access
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Format
Kindle Book, OverDrive Read eBook
Kindle Book
ASINB08BW5PGC9
Release Date1/26/2021
OverDrive Read eBook
ISBN9780393633962
Release Date1/26/2021