{"product_id":"around-the-world-in-254-john-burkin-9798185964224","title":"Around the World in 254 Days: A Global Adventure Before the Smartphone","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNo GPS. No internet cafes in the desert. No safety nets. Just 20 countries, 254 days, and a completely different world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the fragile global landscape of 2002, John Burkin set out from New York City with a backpack, a basic digital camera, and a meticulous itinerary. What followed was a monumental around-the-world odyssey captured in real-time through the energetic, raw emails he sent back home to friends and family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom navigating a strict airport curfew driven by \"upset rice\" in Japan, to sleeping beneath a five-million-star desert sky in the Australian Outback, \u003ci\u003eAround the World in 254 Days\u003c\/i\u003e is a vivid time capsule of shoestring travel at the dawn of the digital age. Follow along as John survives a harrowing, door-flying minibus ride through the Gobi Desert, experiences a deep, life-changing spiritual connection with a stranger in a Tibetan cathedral, and finds himself welcomed like a pop star by the fiercely hospitable people of Myanmar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHilarious, gritty, and deeply observant, this memoir is more than a travelogue-it is an intimate look at a rare era of human connection. It is a story about the beauty of getting lost, the friction of independent travel, and the profound statistics of retrospective gratitude.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Burkin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798185964224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.15d","brand":"John Burkin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49174230827263,"sku":"9798185964224","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/around-the-world-in-254-john-burkin-9798185964224","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}