{"product_id":"confessions-of-a-middle-aged-backpacker","title":"Confessions of a Middle-Aged Backpacker","description":"An exciting, hilarious, and thoughtful travel memoir about one man's adventurous two and a half years on the road, backpacking through 40+ countries on a shoestring budget.\n\nFrom the back cover:\n\nUntil his midlife crisis arrived, Chris Gattanella always played it safe. He spent two decades sinking into a nice cozy life and career in Los Angeles.\n\nNow in his forties and newly single, he suddenly feels unfulfilled and bored. Is it because he never ventured out to see the world? Impulsively, Chris burns years of saved vacation time on a six-week “test run” through Europe to see if he enjoys being a wandering backpacker. Thrilled with his adventure, he sells his condo and quits his job.\n\nBut to make long-term travel on the road feasible, Chris will have to live frugally. Finding himself amongst mostly young people in hostels, he will try to blend in with the crowd. He’ll survive multiple monkey attacks, a boat sinking, altitude sickness, a deranged sea captain, and many other bizarre encounters with people, animals, and transportation on seven continents. Two and a half years and 40+ countries later he'll have a multitude of ridiculous anecdotes ... and he'll be a little closer to understanding the meaning of life.\n\n**** A must-read for those interested in solo travel, adventure books, biographies, autobiographies, travel humor, travel writing, and true stories! ****\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0F7Y3D8HP\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.B0F7Y3D8HP.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Gattanella, Chris\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43282847662141,"sku":"BVV.B0F7Y3D8HP.A","price":12.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/B0F7Y3D8HP-0.jpg?v=1781819969","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/confessions-of-a-middle-aged-backpacker","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}