Between Latitudes

About the Book

A travelogue with a personal touch relating day to day experiences of the author in essay form. The author tells of adventures in Mongolia and Siberia with smugglers on the train, visits nomads in the Gobi, Lake Baikal in Siberia, the Great Wall of China, and Forbidden City. He visits the Irish and backpacks in Tuscany; cruises across the Atlantic to visit England; explores the regions of France; and satisfies his curiosity about the Lapland provinces of Finland, Norway, and Sweden. In the developing countries of southeastern Europe, he sees Gypies, horse-drawn carts alongside automobiles, and Vlad's Castle in Transylvania; takes in the beautiful scenery of the Dalmatian Coast; visits Bosnia, with its bullet holes in buildings. "Between latitudes" from the top of Europe and the Arctic Circle to the bottom of South America, he visits the Chilean fjords and sails around Cape Horn and hikes along Iguazu Falls.

About the Author

Between Latitudes is the the third book, along with Sightseeing and You Go Home, Make More Money, and Come Back, in a series that tells of the author's travel on seven continents and eighty-five countries and territories. Mr. Woods was born and raised in Washington State. He received a BA in Geography from WSU in 1965. Most of his work years were as an investigator until his retirement in 2003. Woods has lived in Washington and California, and presently makes his home in Yakima, Washington. The author adds a personal touch to the travelogue, along with descriptive details, to give the reader an insight into his day to day experiences: the good and the bad.