Adventures in Yellow : Leprechauns in Latin America - No. 1

"Adventures in Yellow" is a heart-warming, humorous and poignant account of an epic 35,500-mile journey through the Americas. Abandoning schedules and all sense of time, husband and wife team, Norman and Maggie Magowan, take to their motorcycles and embark on a life-changing adventure.

Relishing the role of modern-day drifters, their eyes may be firmly on the terrain, but their ears are ever poised for a good yarn along the way. Their story, as they say in their Northern Irish homeland, is "a cracker"! "Leprechauns in Latin America" covers the South American leg of this incredible journey. It begins chasing volcanoes in Chile down to the end of the world. While accident and misfortune dog the early days of the trip, these episodes ultimately turn to advantage and triumph as the metronome to this fantastic adventure is set.

Up on the Altiplano they flee strike-ravaged La Paz, a city caught in the grip of Bolivia's Gas War, only to run into a real-life lynch-mob on the shores of Lake Titicaca. The rich tapestry of this South American sojourn is stitched with romances involving a little Cowboy, the miracles of an un-sainted desert heroine and a ghastly murder in the Galapagos. Told with boundless wit and warmth, this is a book that will make you want to saddle up and get travelling. But if that isn't possible, let Norman's soaring prose transport you there regardless.

So sit back and enjoy the craic! Adventures in Yellow concludes in "Leprechauns to Alaska"