Latinalicious: The South America Diaries

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She's lifted the burqa on Dubai, and ate, preyed and loved Bali. Now Becky Wicks heads to South America for a bit of LATINALICIOUS ! In her latest laugh-out-loud travel memoir, intrepid traveller Becky Wicks sets her sights on both the natural and - ahem! - man-made attractions of South America, and discovers that while gauchos aren't always hot, strangely, birdwatchers are ...From dodging naked Aussies on Bolivia's Death Road and diving with sea lions in the Galapagos Islands to conquering the Inca trail (just), being crushed at the Rio Carnival and having her fake designer bag snatched in a Colombian ghetto, Becky tangos, gallops, bikes and treks her way through this spectacular continent, offering heaps of handy travel tips and hilarious insights along the way. And experiencing a good few vino tinto hangovers, too.PRAISE FOR BURQALICIOUS'A funny, easy, breezy, heartwarming read'New WomanPRAISE FOR BALILICIOUS'Balilicious made me laugh so hard I almost spilled my Bintang'Justin Steinlauf, tNt Magazine'the real-life Bridget Jones hits the road ... this book is pee-your-pants funny'Sarah Alderson, author of Hunting Lila and Losing Lila'She's done something amazing - convinced me this is a place I should take the time to explore'Sassi Sam, book blogger'Becky wicks at her endearingly honest best. Balilicious comes with Bali-belly laughs galore'Katie Spain, the Adelaide* magazine

Becky Wicks was born in 1979. She attended the Gleed School for Girls, also known as 'The Virgin Megastore' in small town Spalding, Lincolnshire, England. She studied media production at Lincoln University, but was writing freelance from the age of 14. She arrived in NYC in 2001 at age 21. She worked for a production company and wrote for a NYC restaurant guide, as well as a Brooklyn community mag (also dated the editor, who broke her heart). Back in London, from 2004 she worked for a travel and entertainment dot com which led her to theatre-land, interviewing West end actors and reviewing more restaurants.