You Must Experience An Uncommon Adventure

May 28, 2012 - PRLog -- (LOS ANGELES, Calif.) – Jim Harlan, one of Conde Nast’s Top Travel Specialists, is taking readers on an unprecedented journey to the most exotic regions on the planet with his latest book, Drifting on a Headwind: Adventures in Remote Corners of the World.

Uniquely designed as part travel guide, part adventure novel, Drifting on a Headwind chronicles some of Harlan’s most classic and incredible journeys to Belize, San Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia, Borneo, Papua New Guinea, Kenya, Tanzania and more.

He describes “an epic journey that will take him to the far reaches of the earth. Dauntless, he faces the dangers of guerilla warfare on two continents, an airplane crash in the jungle, the manipulations of cagey smugglers and, among other perils, near death encounters with predators of all kinds.” Unfailingly curious, we learn he survived by his wits and his relentless desire to press on and see what else life had in store for him on land, in the air, and under the sea.

Harlan can speak from experience that the remote, exotic locales we’ve seen in photos don’t stay that way for long. Talk to a guide, plan that trip. Create your own uncommon adventure.

“As you're reading this book, you can't help but say to yourself: wow, what an incredible journey! If you want to get inspired/motivated to take a trip or to do something you've been afraid to do for a long time then you should read this book. The author did more as a teenager than most people do in a lifetime. I doubt I'll ever catch Mr. Harlan…but I'm going to die (hopefully an old man) trying.”
– Amazon reviewer

Find out more at www.uncommonadventures.com and uncommonadventurespress.com.

Jim Harlan is an intrepid traveler with a ceaseless passion for extensively exploring the remote corners of the world.  An accomplished pilot and SCUBA diver, the author has traveled to more than 100 countries in over 30 years. Harlan created and owns Uncommon Adventures Dive & Adventure Travel out of Los Angeles, California, and has been introducing travelers to exotic locales since 1998. He received the coveted Conde Nast Top Travel Specialist award in 2006, 2007 & 2011.

Title: Drifting on a Headwind: Adventures in Remote Corners of the World
Author: Jim Harlan
​ISBN: 978-0983837206
Publication Date: September 2011
Publisher: Uncommon Adventures Press