7/15/2008 at 1:00 PM
Tags: Peter Greenberg, Thomas Kohnstamm, Travel Media (all tags)
Post-Gonzo travel writer Thomas Kohnstamm showed up on Peter Greenberg's radio show this weekend, and the Today Show travel editor yukked it up with the author of Do Travel Writers Go to Hell?.
Peter cut right to the chase:
PG: We're talking about the incident in the restaurant...
TK: I went by the restaurant, as I was looking at doing a review, and I got into flirting with a waitress... I came back later on, a little after midnight... We had sex on a table in the back of the restaurant.
PG: I thought that was great, I wish I would've had that experience when I was in northeastern Brazil!
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· Peter Greenberg Radio Show [Official Site]
· Book Review: Do Travel Writers Go to Hell? [Jaunted]
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4/22/2008 at 4:00 PM
Tags: Thomas Kohnstamm, Lonely Planet, Travel Books, Books (all tags)
After all the sniping, faux shock and criticism, Thomas Kohnstamm's book Do Travel Writers Go to Hell? is out today. Instead of rehashing old interviews and getting up on our high horse about ethics, we decided to, you know, actually read it.
We didn't get very far before stumbling across something we wish were included in that now-notorious "embassy chick" interview that upset so many people:
Author's note: For better or for worse, this book recounts true experiences. In order to distill the chaos of life down to a clear narrative, it was necessary to omit certain events, rearrange and compress chronology and combine a few of the characters.
So, yes, what you're about to read is true. Sort of.
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