A Dirt Cheap (And Different) World: Offbeat Memories of an American Traveler in the Late 1950S and Early 1960S

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didnt do than by the things you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Dream. Discover.Mark Twain Hugh Hosch took that advice as a young man, and many years later, hes glad he did. In 1959, he paid $1.80 to travel 1,100 miles by train across the southwestern part of Brazilmeeting unforgettable characters along the way. In Rio de Janeiro, at the great jewelry...