Bugis Nights
Travel the trade winds from far east Indonesia to the Lion City aboard a Bugis spice ship named God Bless. A young English backpacker runs into a bunch of French adventurers on a remote Indonesian island and gets swept up in their madcap scheme to buy a traditional wooden sailing ship from a people once famed as pirates—the Bugis—and sail it to distant Singapore. Become absorbed in this true story of adventure on the high seas.
Shoot, Ask … and Run!
“Shoot, Ask … and Run!” The advice given aspiring British
photographer Chris Stowers, at the start of his travels, has never seemed so valuable. Buffeted by tempestuous forces of both personal and international affairs, he flees from the Jakarta mafia through the jungles of Borneo, is tear-gassed by riot police in Manila, and crosses an imploding Soviet Union by train, only to be abducted by a group of heavily-armed Serb militia.
Fresh out of secondary school, I found all these glamorous-sounding new destinations overwhelming. Why commute in Kent when I could be riding the Iron Rooster to Kunming? I sold my motorbike for a beat-up Nikon camera and a one-way ticket to Karachi. I made it as far as Peshawar.
Chris Stowers
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Praise for Bugis Nights
“I devoured it in one sitting… a page turner that makes one wonder how the hell did we as youngsters throw caution to the wind and trust our lives to some very slender ropes or other bindings.”
Keith Loveard,Author:‘SUHARTO Indonesia’s Last Sultan’
“Highly recommended to those who wish to be transported to another place and time. The storytelling is superb, immersive and sufficiently detailed to render compelling imagery. Don’t miss it!”
Roberto Requejo
“Chris Stowers’ “Bugis Nights” is a joy to read. It’s not only well written but informative, funny and a great true travel adventure. It made me want to move back to SE Asia.”
RPJ
“I loved this book! It’s a fantastic story about a bunch of young guys on a crazy adventure, so detailed that it could have happened just yesterday. And yet, would such adventures still happen, in our contemporary times with all our means of communication?”
Inge Goudsmit