Around the World Without Money & Luggage

Publisher Marketing: 'Around the world without money nor luggage' is an extraordinary adventure undertaken by Matteo Pennacchi. With the intention to make a Guinness Record, he eventually turned the idea into a social challenge made up of human and passionate experiences. A race against time, a bet with himself and away, on the road, with makeshift equipment, on trucks, trains and ships, across continents, from Moscow to Beijing to Seoul, from the States across the Ocean back to Italy. He vividly describes all 'the tricks' to survive such an enduring challenge ...magic shows on the Trans-Siberian train in exchange for food, the containers full of fruit and vegetables to soak in exchange for a passage on cargo boats, friends one makes along the way, willing to offer hospitality. The challenge to travel the world without money, only with a pouch containing passport, toothbrush, a press release of articles published before he left, and a few other items. His daily challenge was to ensure, in some way or other, food, lodging and transport. This trip, undertaken in 1998, can be considered as between the last big adventures before the globalisation of Internet tools. Matteo's book, spontaneous, funny, easy-going, is the story of an adventure that many of us would like to live. The book, originally published in Germany, Italy, France..., is now finally available in English! Contributor Bio:  Pennacchi, Matteo Matteo Pennacchi, nato a Roma nel 1971, ha trascorso l'infanzia tra l'Africa e la Francia. Laurea e Master in Comunicazione, ha iniziato lavorando per le Nazioni Unite, UNESCO, in Kenya. E poi entrato nel mondo del turismo, lavorando per prestigiosi marchi, quali Viaggi dell'Elefante, Oberoi Hotels, Abercrombie, Kuoni. Nel corso degli anni, ha intrapreso tre giri del mondo. Il primo in un anno sabbatico, seguito dal giro del mondo senza soldi e poi il primo giro del mondo interattivo. Giornalista, Matteo scrive occasionalmente di viaggi. Oggi lavora per i corrispondenti di viaggio del gruppo Kuoni, soprattutto per India e Africa. Ha inoltre un sito specializzato sui giri del mondo: www.viaggigirodelmondo.com Per maggiori informazioni: www.matteopennacchi.com