Head Waggling in Delhi: And Other Travel Tales From an Epic Journey Around India (en Inglés)
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For centuries, India's mystical allure has drawn in visitors in search of enlightenment, riches, romance, and adventure. In the mid-1990s, as a precocious twenty-three-year-old, author Eytan Uliel and his girlfriend set off on a journey of discovery, leaving behind the comforts of Sydney to backpack in India for four months.Limited to a budget of twelve dollars a day, they lived, ate and traveled like locals. The journey around the sub-continent took them north to south, east to west: from the holy city of Varanasi to the modern-day playground of Mumbai; from the desert fortresses of Rajasthan to the bucolic backwaters of Kerala. Along the way they sipped tea in Darjeeling, experienced a train ride from hell to Madras, got bit parts in a Bollywood film, ogled at the incomparable Taj Mahal, hung with hippies in Goa, and met a whole lifetimes' worth of fascinating, entertaining and memorable characters.Head Waggling in Delhi offers timeless insight into life on the road in India--the good, the bad and the downright bizarre--filled with wry observation, affection, and humor.PRAISE FOR HEAD WAGGLING IN DELHI"5 out of 5 stars"Clarion Reviews"Great travel writers practice alchemy: synthesizing the sights,sounds and smells of their travels into a transcendent readingexperience. Eytan Uliel showcases such skill in this memoir.A literary masala worth the tasting."Blue Ink Review"Sharp, engaging writing, an intelligent balance between grit andsplendor, and carefully selected anecdotes bring India's diversity tolife. In this accomplished travel memoir, India beguiles and repelsand beguiles again, resulting in a fascinating journey that is as eyeopening as it is dreamlike."Karen Rigby, Foreword Reviews"Candidly captures the essence of India and details the multi-facetedIndian lifestyle and culture with a lively fusion of witty humor anda grand sense of adventure. Uliel's humorous way of story-tellingmade me burst out laughing more than once. An epic read.4 out of 4 stars"Online Book Club
