About the Book:
Cows on the Runway is a frank, sometimes witty, sometimes serious account of a wild trip with a married couple to fifteen exotic Third World countries. Wendy Golik, skilled traveler and technical writer turned stay-at-home-mom, takes readers on a fast-paced journey to far away places most people only dream about. Travel enthusiasts will experience the thrill of travel without the expense, without the planning, and without leaving their comfort zones. They'll relax, ponder the state of the world and how they live in it, contemplate their comfortable lives, dream, and have fun.
In Cows on the Runway, Wendy and Tim Golik carry only backpacks. No makeup. No shavers. No cell phones or laptops. No luxuries of home except toothbrushes and underwear. They quickly learn that the backpacks they carry are their homes. Rarely staying in one place more than a day or two at a time, they are constantly on the move. In one country they're climbing snow-crusted hills to reach an up-close view of Mt. Everest, in the next, they're robbed on a secluded beach by masked, machete-wielding robbers. A dive trip in the Red Sea; a night in a tent surrounded by noisy lions. A ride on a bus with live chickens at their feet; a walk in a rhino park with guides carrying bamboo sticks. From pangolin smugglers to sheesha peddlers; tigers to blue-footed boobies; rat-on-a-stick to cuy; altitude sickness to giardia; and backsheesh to rupees; the thrill of travel is non-stop.
About the Author:
Wendy Golik graduated from Portland State University with a speech communications degree. She is a technical writer and has written countless publications for the high-tech software industry. She lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband, Tim, three-year-old daughter, Natalie, and Australian Shepherd, Sherpa.
