HEALTH TRAUMAS AND GLOBAL DRAMAS
Thirty Years Of World Adventures
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ISOLATED FARMSTAY AND
On another trip I decided to stay on an isolated farm somewhere outside of
However after about 3 days my friend and I were getting a little bored as there was nothing to do. There was a small village if you wanted to call it that about 3 miles down the road but all it had was a shop, church, and tiny school .So our idea of being isolated was starting to backfire and when we enquired as to how far the nearest bar was; Ten miles was the reply and what with no transport or car, it looked like we were snookered.
Our Host noticed our frustration and said that as he had business to do the next day in the town, he would take us both on his tractor for a few hours drinking, needless to say we were both delighted on couldn't wait to set off the next morning.
So we set of the next morning after a hearty breakfast, and settled into the back of his tractor, travelling through ten miles over vast open spaces, give or take a few farms.
We arrived in this small town and it looked like something out of the old gold rush.
We decided to do a bar crawl, which wasn't going to be difficult, as 26 out of every 27 buildings was a bar ,after all there didn't seem to much else to do here. we had just a couple of hours before our tractor taxi ,picked us up.
Eventually we came across this bar which was truly amazing ,it was only lunchtime but already it looked like Crocodile Dundee's birthday party. We were made very welcome, as we plonked ourselves down at the bar. As soon as we opened our mouths we were greeted by "so yar a couple of Poms aeh".
I can only presume that they hadn't seen any poms or tourists for quite some time.
The beer started to flow and every time we tried to leave, another four beers or so were thrown in front of us and it was becoming quite some party as we seemed to be the main focus of attention.
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THIS IS A COMPLETELY HONEST ACCOUNT OF HOW ONE MAN BATTLED TO OVERCOME ILL HEALTH AND STILL MANAGED TO LIVE A LIFE OF ADVENTURE AND EXCITEMENT. PATRICK DALY STRUGGLED WITH BAD HEALTH SINCE CHILDHOOD AND, DESPITE THESE DISABILITIES, COMPETED IN MARATHONS ACROSS THE GLOBE. BUT THE MAIN POINT OF THIS REMARKABLE STORY IS HIS 30 YEARS OF WORLD ADVENTURE, FROM NEAR-DEATH INCIDENTS, DETENTION IN LAOS, A COUP IN THE PHILIPPINES, THE KILLING FIELDS OF CAMBODIA, AND THE MAFIA IN HAWAII, PLUS MANY COMICAL AND BITTERSWEET EVENTS ALONG THE WAY: HE WAS ALL AT SEA IN THAILAND; TRAPPED IN THE TUNNELS OF VIETNAM; AND HAD THE LAST LAUGH ON THE OBSTREPEROUS OSTRICHES OF SOUTH AFRICA.
About the Author
This is my first book as I wanted to share my battle against bad health, particularly as a child and during early teens. Hopefully It might give others hope when faced with similar health problems, in particular to maybe Asthma or Spondylitis sufferers.
Despite this, I went on to travel around the world many times; always as a tourist.
Having always had a sense of humour, along with a bubbly character( please don't think I am being modest), I think this helped me through some bad times, even up to the present day, as I still suffer.
Having said that I am lucky compared to what many others go through, as I have come across many cases in my numerous visits to hospitals.
So when faced with various dangers and dramas in my many travels to exotic, and at times dangerous places, I used these gifts to face up to these challenges and I believe it helped me tremendously.
So after certain people persuaded me to share these stories in this book, I have tried to add humour to the events at the time.
Having said that, we are all different and it is not always possible to be happy and jolly when faced with such discomfort and pain.
I have just tried to write this book as honest and as humorous as may best explain the person that I am and the humour of my travel traumas.
Patrick Daly