Crossing the Date Line is a colorful romp through 16 countries, from Argentina to Alaska, from Algeria to New Zealand. John Sollo has weaved together real-life adventure with a little geology, a touch of history, a bit of humor and a fascinating assortment of some unforgettable characters. His book describes living and working in foreign countries and dealing with the various cultures, habits, languages and customs. The adventure takes the reader to a bat-invested tunnel in Sikkim high in the Himalaya, to a steamy Indonesian jungle where a 30-foot-long python visited the work camp, to the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea where the author worked alongside natives with bones in their noses. He drove through a Siberian blizzard in Korea, was chased by a mama grizzly in the wilds of Alaska, ran for his life from a pack of dogs in Algeria and was overrun by crickets while living in a shed-like building on the banks of the Narmada River in central India. He ate monkey and snake meat fresh from the Laotian jungle and had a heart-stopping moment as the helicopter he was riding in malfunctioned one foggy day in Alaska.
The Red City Review gave it 5 Stars and wrote, “This book captures the reader’s attention immediately, before the book even really begins, as John attempts to catch a flight while stuck in holiday traffic frustrated to the point where he almost leaves his ride to walk to the airport. From then on, the action and entertainment doesn’t stop."
Another reader wrote: "John Sollo brings his book, “Crossing the Date Line” to life with his descriptive details and facts about the places he has been. Each chapter is a different country or state that Sollo has worked in as a geologist. My favorite experience of Sollo’s was when in Alaska, he woke up next to a black bear that happened to have been in his cabin."
Another wrote, "John Sollo's memoir, Crossing the Date Line: Adventures of a Traveling Geologist, is a unique and esoteric collection of travel essays. Unlike the typical travel journal, Sollo's stays in foreign climes are well off the beaten track. The hotels were often dingy, dank and lacking the amenities most tourists take for granted, and the food offerings sometimes had the author dreaming of a Big Mac. I especially enjoyed the chapters covering his Peruvian and South American assignments, the time he and his wife spent in Nepal, and his experiences in Laos."
If you like what you see and read on the following pages, you can purchase Crossing the Date Line as an eBook for about $8 or $9 from book sellers like iBookstore, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Baker & Taylor, Copia, Gardners, eSentral, Scribd, Goodreads, Ciando, Oyster, Flipkart, EBSCO and ePub Direct.
The Red City Review gave it 5 Stars and wrote, “This book captures the reader’s attention immediately, before the book even really begins, as John attempts to catch a flight while stuck in holiday traffic frustrated to the point where he almost leaves his ride to walk to the airport. From then on, the action and entertainment doesn’t stop."
Another reader wrote: "John Sollo brings his book, “Crossing the Date Line” to life with his descriptive details and facts about the places he has been. Each chapter is a different country or state that Sollo has worked in as a geologist. My favorite experience of Sollo’s was when in Alaska, he woke up next to a black bear that happened to have been in his cabin."
Another wrote, "John Sollo's memoir, Crossing the Date Line: Adventures of a Traveling Geologist, is a unique and esoteric collection of travel essays. Unlike the typical travel journal, Sollo's stays in foreign climes are well off the beaten track. The hotels were often dingy, dank and lacking the amenities most tourists take for granted, and the food offerings sometimes had the author dreaming of a Big Mac. I especially enjoyed the chapters covering his Peruvian and South American assignments, the time he and his wife spent in Nepal, and his experiences in Laos."
If you like what you see and read on the following pages, you can purchase Crossing the Date Line as an eBook for about $8 or $9 from book sellers like iBookstore, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Baker & Taylor, Copia, Gardners, eSentral, Scribd, Goodreads, Ciando, Oyster, Flipkart, EBSCO and ePub Direct.
