Born near the red sand dunes of the Kalahari, PEARL HARRIS lived most of her life in South Africa, before taking the drastic step of relocating to the Czech Republic. "Czechoslovakia? Isn't that Communist?" "Isn't there a war going on over there?" were just some of the comments she had to grin and bear before leaving South Africa at the beginning of 2002. At an age when most are enjoying retirement, departing from the comfort zone of family and friends to a new home and career in a country with an unintelligible language and culture and climate far removed from her own, proved a challenge to...

Have Thumb - Will Travel provides a fascinating glimpse into Europe of the 60s, pre-EU, when the Berlin Wall was still standing, Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia were still under communist rule, a time when bed and breakfast accommodation in Youth Hostels cost 6 US cents per night and when hitchhiking was the accepted norm for young people to see the world. This is a book about and for real travellers, those who regard themselves as more than mere tourists. We hope that you, too, will enjoy this journey into the past This is the tale of three young South African blondes who set sail on a Union...