New Travel Book: ‘To Hellholes and Back’

Chuck Thompson’s follow-up to his travel writing tell-all, Smile When You’re Lying, landed in bookstores last week. To Hellholes and Back: Bribes, Lies and the Art of Extreme Tourism sees Thompson journeying to “the world’s most ill-reputed destinations” to see if they live up to the hype. Intelligent Travel’s Christopher Elliott interviewed Thompson about the new book.

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