Lonely Planet By the Seat of My Pants

A hilarious collection of 31 tales of travel misadventure from around the globe, bringing together some of the world's most renowned travellers and storytellers including Pico Iyer, Jan Morris, Tim Cahill, Simon Winchester, and Danny Wallace.

Lonely Planet knows that some of life's funniest experiences happen on the road. Whether they take the form of unexpected detours, unintended adventures, unidentifiable dinners or unforgettable encounters, they can give birth to our most profound travel lessons and our most memorable - and hilarious - travel stories.

These globe-girdling tales run the gamut from close-encounter safaris to loss-of-face follies, hair-raising rides to culture-leaping brides, eccentric expats to mind-boggling repasts, wrong roads taken to agreements mistaken. This collection captures the chaotic, unpredictable, and utterly entertaining reality of travel at its most authentic.