Simply, Around the Globe in 1970

Exhilarating read! Creative and refreshing with a touch of humor throughout! This is a story about two sisters travelling around the world in 1970 without a cellphone, without credit cards and on a strictly enforced rigid budget. They manage, mostly on stand-by flights" starting from New York City, USA via Germany and Greece in Europe, visit India, Nepal, Thailand, Hong Kong and Japan. The many unusual adventures of their journey let the reader take a glimpse into a window of time where strangers could be trusted and were openly welcomed; also, where strangers respected unfamiliar traditions, cultures and all the people of our complex world. A unique, heart-warming story filled with detailed descriptions of some of the most interesting places, temples and cultural sites visited but most of all, about the many wonderful people they had met along the way.