At first I was turned off by all the attention given to drugs,since I don't take them and don't give a ( )about the clandestine"drug culture." Having said that, the writer does a great job of describing the cool, exotic, far out and randomness one experiences travelling to far flung cultures (For the politically correct: this is a common western perspective when visiting many, but not all, South American countries. Especially true for the backpacking, alternative lifestyle seeking, lonely planet generation.)
Mark does a great job of character development as well as describing exotica. He also gives great background on the 3 main characters, how screwed up their dreary London life was, and what motivated them to travel (something more hardworking, insular yuppie types should consider...)
Many travel books are ( ); amaturish, self absorbed drivel. But this story kicks ( )! Read it.