A Budget Traveler's Dream: Stories, Essays and Other Musings of an Adventure Travel Junkie

"The day began with thumb unfurled to the world, ready for action, shirt off under the blazing blue sky, eyes half open behind the protective shield of my sunglasses, and a hazy, sluggish mind from intermittent sleep through the desert heat of a simmering July night. Where I'd slept wasn't far from where I stood, on Highway 50 somewhere a long ways east of Fallon, lost in the heart of the lonely state of Nevada. Somehow that loneliness was heightened more during the light of day, without the comforting blanket of myriad twinkling stars to ponder overhead. It was just my lone soul, the great expanse of wide-open starkness and a thin sliver of road leading me onwards."

Chapter 1, "A Budget Traveler's Dream"

"A Budget Traveler's Dream" is a rip-roaring collection of both fictional, and non-fiction autobiographical travel stories by admitted travel addict Gabriel Morris (author of "Following My Thumb: A Decade of Unabashed Wanderlust", Soul Rocks Books, 2012). Some of the stories included are not published elsewhere; whereas others were published previously, in several book compilations as well as on the travel websites TravMonkey.com, UntoldRoads.com and GoNomad.com.

Gabriel Morris has been traveling around the world budget style and with a thirst for adventure for more than 20 years, and these 11 stories make that abundantly clear. Come along for a wild ride as he backpacks the Na Pali Coast of Hawaii; finds a remote temple in the Himalaya Mountains of India; almost gets stranded at sea in the Philippines; sleeps out on the streets of Paris; camps on the Lost Coast of northern California through a torrential rainstorm; and much more. See the Table of Contents below for more info.

Table of Contents

-Dreaming of Ganesh
-Confessions of a Kalalau Outlaw: Backpacking the Na Pali Coast, Hawaii
-Transportation Recycling: A Hitchhiker's Perspective on Thumbing Around
-Don't Push the Road: The Thrills, Challenges and Solutions of a Modern Nomad
-Rambling Around Rishikesh
-Quest for Sleep: A Budget Traveler Pushes the Limits of Where to Rest Your Head
-Drenched to the Bone: Backpacking Northern California's Lost Coast
-An Adventurous Day in India
-Harrowing Boat Ride in the Philippines
-Wandering Heart
-Live Life With a Passion