Darryl Leslie Gopaul

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Around The World on Three Underwear is an autobiographical journal of the five-month trek that he and his partner, Daphne, made around the world. The book clearly explains how any adult can do the same, enjoying unlimited travel satisfaction on a limited budget.

Darryl and Daphne Gopaul, a middle-aged couple from Canada, decided that they were not going to let a lack of funds prevent them from exploring the globe. So they chose a number of countries in which they had been especially interested, and then began their fascinating journey. But they did not venture out without first planning ahead, and figuring out what clothing and essentials would be most useful for their journey. All of this information is neatly presented in this book.

International travel can be physically demanding, as well as mentally stimulating. For the elderly, the physical and medical concerns might be paramount; but for most adults, the intellectual and cultural challenges can be the biggest hurdles of all. The author explains how to overcome those difficulties, with humor and grace. He illustrates these lessons by examining the idiosyncrasies, as well as surprising similarities, that he and his partner found in the people they encountered, regardless of country or cultural background.

Why a travel book?

I took advantage of an early retirement on a trip that started just to Australia but I had so much vacation leave that it developed into a sabbatical leave of five months. Now the Swiss started me off on this writing career which fortuitously was needed for a “physically incompetent varying closely to being handicapped” individual, who spent all of his working life in a laboratory.

Yes, with one book under my belt, like “Napoleon” – “Neck outstretched, arms locked behind as if to balance the prone brow” I began to search for the new topics to conquer. During the trip, I started to send back e-mails to my daughter Tanya, who was the gate keeper of the family home in our absence. After the first two she wrote me “Dad, you had better send back more of your e-mails of the trip your friends are asking for more” So the list of emails allowed our friends, family and colleagues to vicariously enjoy our trip around the world. Many then asked that I give the details of how we could afford such a supposedly “expensive expedition” knowing our measly earnings and skill of doing so much “beyond our means” while avoiding bankruptcy. There was no skill other than that of good planning and fortuitous at the Asian economic meltdown which allowed us to get good deals but most of all a good travel agent, who followed our trip and gave us continuous back up throughout our journey.

Again the traits of observation, humour, which throughout my life were highly developed by watching people from different countries also played a role in our enjoyment and ability to cope with any short comings. We kept our costs down without denying ourselves of any occasion or spoilt indulgence. Life was wonderful and the book “Around the World on Three Underwear” explains how to enjoy this lovely, lonely planet with its rich diversity of life forms, physical beauty amidst our stars and cosmos at large, along with the very human cultures. The countries visited were Hawaii, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Burma, UK, and Switzerland.

Buy this book for the reason of a light hearted reading and for its sole enjoyment. But as ageing individuals with apprehensions, this book also gives us hints on how to travel and enjoy a good trip, or vacation cost effectively. It also makes great gifts for all ages and events. This author would like your patronage and donations to continue writing and keeping control of all his books through self publishing.

Press Release

“NEW TRAVEL” BOOK RELEASE:

“Around the World on Three Underwear”

Canadian Author: Trinidadian born Darryl Gopaul

BookSurge/Amazon &Darryl Gopaul – Proudly announces the publication of Around The World On Three Underwear” by author/lab scientist Darryl Gopaul.

This imaginative author vividly relates the journey that he and his wife, at middle age, had undertaken for a period of five months from Canada. This book is witty but also has substance for it provides hints on the planning, organizing and is peppered with a list of bold lettered tips on how to maximize the enjoyment of a long vacation. Traveling is fun but can also be physically demanding, as well as mentally stimulating. Enjoy a vicarious trip as the Gopauls travel to countries around Earth.

Meeting different cultures, enjoying their society, music and their land with unusual flora and fauna are the aspects of travel that is educational but most of all enjoyable, ‘vivre la difference’ One therefore, needs a few behavioral tools to cope with the many challenges that come along while keeping perspective and humour close at hand.

The mere fact that one is away from family friends and one’s environment is stressful enough, especially when one has a spouse close at hand every minute of every day. However the distractions of different peoples of colour and physical differences, of exotic foods, unbelievable geographic and ecological scenery soothes the mind, calms the soul but most of all humbles the individual for Earth is indeed the Eden of biblical times. Earth is a lonely planet where Man has so much diversity to enjoy that one has to pause and ask oneself why only us on this rock circulating a sun in this part of the heavenly cosmos. Our planet needs protecting for it is indeed a precious gift to mankind.

Darryl Gopaul author of two other novels entitled “Bacteria, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly” which is a spoof on infectious diseases and of bacteria which are found on our food, our home, pets and on our bodies. A Lab Scientist and Microbiologist by training, he takes the “mikey” out of his old profession. His second book “Tales of Myths and Fantasy” relates the stories through the medium of his grand father, of the evolving African/Indian society in Trinidad under the British colonial system. His humor and gift of story telling keeps one in a happy frame of mind.

This is an unusual travel book for with the author’s enthusiasm for exotic foods, wines, a traveling happy hour, we get to enjoy the scenery, the people and stimulation of the imagination. After reading this book, you will have a desire to rush out to have a spicy curry, a roast beef/steak loaded roast potato, with garlic mushrooms, all washed down with a bold red Shiraz wine. You will understand the need to enjoy this short life and all this is done on a lean budget and a good travel agent.

Author Bio

A resident of Canada for over 39 years, Darryl lives with his wife Daphne and two daughters in London Ontario.