A Swabian Globetrotters experienced Asian moments finds a man traveled to the major cities of Asia, makes encounters with locals, tourists and other Globetrotters, meets vain Brahmins, winter sports enthusiasts desert sons and highly religious Balinese, unusual love toy, experiencing heavenly massages and hellish train rides. The man is Holger Hommel and author and hero of the just-published episode work widow comforter and purple poodle”. Holger Hommel, former Chief Guide at Marco Polo travels in the Taunus, is addicted to Asia, looking for explanations for the fascination of this continent, and determines that he will never find the definitive answer. But the attempt he experienced countless memorable encounters, wonderful stories and strange events. He brought his travel memories in the form of amusing on paper. The result is a collection of anecdote that appears in these days in the Conbook. In his personal style, Hommel in this episode work depicts his Asia experience, considered the strange world from his personal perspective of Swabian and philosophizing about the big picture of the structure of the world.
In Shanghai, he fascinated the rapid changes of the Communist city into a cosmopolitan metropolis of the world and examines the unique architecture, the lavishly equipped hotels and the dodgy hawkers admiringly observed. In Taipei, the city of the two cultures, he reflects on the non-existent, but very rainy weather, the efficacy of snake blood as sexual enhancers and the uniqueness of the night markets. Some travelers would compete already, overwhelmed by stimuli, the way home, but Hommel continues his entertaining Asia trips and seasons its travel reports with descriptions of curious, charming delights and loose Word joke. So one of his trips as a lecturer on a popular cruise ship in the world of Bali, where he admires the fascinating rice terraces, folkloric dance performances and fast-paced funerals leads him. These and many more anecdotes are in a new book titled widow comforter and purple poodle”, which appeared in the Conbook Publishing House for literature and countries with headquarters in Meerbusch and is now available in bookstores. Title information Holger Hommel: widow comforter and purple poodle Asian moments 320, original Edition D – A – 18.50 17.95 hardcover pages, Sfr. 27.50 CH (EIA) ISBN 978-3-934918-81-8 contact Harald Gehlen FON + 49 (0) 21 59 / 53 29 358 fax + 49 (0) 21 59 / 53 29 362 eMail harald.gehlen(at)conbook.de web Conbook Medien GmbH, Meerbuscher Strasse 36, D-40670 Meerbusch