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How to Walk a Puma - & other things I learned while stumbing around South America (Paperback) Loot Price: R426
Discovery Miles 4 260

How to Walk a Puma - & other things I learned while stumbing around South America (Paperback)

Peter Allison

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"Plans are usually only good for one thing - laughing at in hindsight. So, armed with rudimentary Spanish, dangerous levels of curiosity and a record of poor judgement, I set off to tackle whatever South America could throw at me." On his nineteenth birthday, Peter Allison flipped a coin. One side would take him to Africa and the other to South America. He recounted his time spent as a safari guide in Africa to much acclaim in Don't Run, Whatever You do and Don't Look Behind You. Sixteen years later he makes his way to Chile, ready to seek out the continent's best, weirdest and wildest adventures - and to chase the elusive jaguar. From learning to walk a puma (or rather be bitten and dragged along by it) in Bolivia, to finding love in Patagonia and hunting naked with the remote Huaorani people in Ecuador, How to Walk a Puma is Peter's fascinating and often hilarious account of misadventures in South America. Ever the gifted storyteller and cultural observer, Allison makes many observations about life in humid climes, the nature of nomadism, and exactly what it is like to be nearly blasted off a mountain by the famous Patagonia wind. His self-deprecating humour is as delightful as his crazy stunts, and his love for animals - even when they bite - is infectious.

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Imprint: Nicholas Brealey Publishing Ltd
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: April 2012
First published: April 2012
Authors: Peter Allison
Dimensions: 215 x 135 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 978-1-85788-566-8
Categories: Books > Sport & Leisure > Natural history, country life & pets > Wild animals > General
Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel writing > General
Books > Travel > Travel writing > General
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LSN: 1-85788-566-X
Barcode: 9781857885668

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