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Summary: Good laughs in a charming travelogue
Review: Barbara Mandelowitz McMahon writes her travel memoirs with a charming touch. The laughs come regularly, and the book is a pleasure, whether or not you're planning on a South American Island adventure. Our intrepid couple keeps coming close to disaster, but never have a bad experience. Their humorous close calls with island bureaucracy, unreliable airlines, annoying French tourists, challenging rental cars and traffic, just seem to bring them closer together. While there are clouds following them around, it never gets worse than slightly overcast, with bright sun by the end of each chapter. And what are we to make of the mysterious "Rick" figure. He is hardly says anything, and yet is at the center of Ms. McMahon's attention. How are we to understand this Zen-like figure and his inexplicable role in this delightful travelogue? Maybe because he is simply the best at "getting the ice."
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Summary: Good laughs in a charming travelogue
Review: Barbara Mandelowitz McMahon writes her travel memoirs with a charming touch. The laughs come regularly, and the book is a pleasure, whether or not you're planning on a South American Island adventure. Our intrepid couple keeps coming close to disaster, but never have a bad experience. Their humorous close calls with island bureaucracy, unreliable airlines, annoying French tourists, challenging rental cars and traffic, just seem to bring them closer together. While there are clouds following them around, it never gets worse than slightly overcast, with bright sun by the end of each chapter. And what are we to make of the mysterious "Rick" figure. He is hardly says anything, and yet is at the center of Ms. McMahon's attention. How are we to understand this Zen-like figure and his inexplicable role in this delightful travelogue? Maybe because he is simply the best at "getting the ice."
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Summary: What Else Can Go Wrong?
Review: The author has combined multiple vacations to Margarita Island into one tale based on true happenings. There are whimsical moments but too much of the story is a collection of pessimistic outlooks and over reactions to vacation mishaps. It's too mellow dramatic for me. I was surprised that they seem to recommend this place. I bought the book hoping to get some insight into Margarita Island but there is little useful information. If you want a short story about what else can go wrong, it's a cute story. If you want to learn something about Margarita Island, look elsewhere.
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Summary: The Comedy of Travelling
Review: This book had me in stitches! It is a beautifully-written, hilarious account of the author's travel adventures with her husband in Margarita Island. It is poignant and gripping. I don't remember when I laughed so hard reading a book.
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