Book details

  • Genre:travel
  • Sub-genre:Central America
  • Language:English
  • Pages:128
  • Paperback ISBN:9781667827278

Lost in Latin America

By Stuart Ross

Overview

At the age of 27, my life was at a standstill. Unemployed with an unmarketable university degree, off the road from touring in rock bands, in a shaky relationship, without direction in life, backpacking through Latin America was my escape. Ill-prepared for what I was about to encounter, lost in life was to become Lost in Latin America…through war-torn countries, getting lost in jungles, harassed by military and police, living with drug smugglers, caught between paradise and misadventure. Come along for the ride!
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Description

At the age of 27, my life was at a standstill. Unemployed with an unmarketable university degree, off the road from touring in rock bands, in a shaky relationship, without direction in life, backpacking through Latin America was my escape. Ill-prepared for what I was about to encounter, lost in life was to become Lost in Latin America…through war-torn countries, getting lost in jungles, harassed by military and police, living with drug smugglers, caught between paradise and misadventure. Come along for the ride!
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About The Author

As chief psychologist at the Homewood Health Centre for 28 years, his focus was on assessing and treating those in the traumatic stress recovery and eating disorders programs, researching program effectiveness and supervising staff and students. His private practice involves treating injured workers, as well as other clients and insurers, and in courts as an expert witness. He is the author of a number of self-help guides as well as a novel based on his travels in Tibet studying Buddhist psychology. Since his semi-retirement, he has become 'that psychology guy', currently engaged in public speaking. He is also a singer-songwriter-musician and an idealist who dreams of saving the world.
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