Customer Reviews
so very funny and quite useful - By: , 04 Jun 2004 
Wow! this book is so interesting! Yes its a little far fetchedin placed.....UFO abductions etc, but its well worth reading & you never know you might learn something! A definite must-buy!
Humorous Advice for Secret Agents and Ordinary Travelers - By: Donald Mitchell, 04 Apr 2004 
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Travel has four primary uses:
(1) To let you fantasize safely about what you would doin a life-threatening situation you probably won't face, but have seenin the movies (survive after being lostin a jungle, escape a mob, survive a kidnapping)
(2) Provide humorous scenarios that you will probably never face to give you a good laugh (being abducted by a UFO, handling a runaway camel, getting rid of a leechin your nose)
(3) Practical advice for challenges that many travelers will encounter (stopping a car with no brakes, handling a runaway horse, foiling thieves)
(4) Reducing risk of harm from unlikely events that you probably do think about (escaping a hotel fire, what to do after falling onto a subway track, surviving an elevator fall).
I was impressed that although I did not expect to learn anything I could ever use, the book actually had several sections which I wish I had known about when I faced travel challengesin the past (handling scorpion stings, what to doin a hotel fire, how to stop a runaway horse that someone else is on, making a shelterin the snow, avoiding having your carry-ons stolen at the x-ray machine). I suspect that I will be able to use this informationin the future.
Another benefit I got was to realize that I could handle some emergencies that I would normally consider well beyond me. In these days when travel seems more dangerous than before, this book may also be worth carrying to play the role of Dumbo's magic feather -- to build a little confidence. For example, I don't like to flyin small planes. I think I could follow the instructionsin the book for crash landing a small planein water, as long as someone could help me. But I could never remember all of these detailsin a crisis. Having the book along will help me relax a lot more on my next small plane flight.
People with phobias about certain travel situations may find the knowledge that they gain here can help reduce their anxiety.
One of the best parts of the book camein the foreword by David Concannon of the Explorers Club who described the many hideous things that had happened to himin order to encourage you to realize that the unexpected does happen, you need to accept what is beyond your control, always have a contingency plan, & no matter how bad things are . . . they could get worse. As a result, you will probably spend more time thinking through the potential challenges that you will face on future trips, & be better prepared to handle these challenges.
My favorite funny partsin the book were the runaway camel, passing a bribe, foiling a UFO abduction, trailing a thief, losing someone following you, jumping from a moving train, escaping from being tied up, ramming a barricade, surviving a volcanic eruption, surviving a tsunami, getting rid of leeches, & crossing a piranha-infested river. Indiana Jones, move over!
Even if you never travel, the book "will provide good information & entertainment for the armchair survivalist."
Be prepared!
"Quite": Quite amusing, quite interesting - By: , 09 Sep 2002 
The best bit about this book: the idea! This item contains quite a few amusing/astounding ways to get you out of dangerous situations - however, I find some of the chapters (important as they might be to the subject)rather dry, such as "how to escape from a mob" (advice: use back alleys). Nice, but that's it.
Breath-taking - By: , 27 Jul 2001 I have planed to get this book for the last 2 weeks & I have been reading what other people say & its true this book is different, its strange to even see a book like this, but if you think that you are everin the Trunk of a Car then here the book that shows you to get out, & theres so much more & you never know when you may run into trouble & this book is sure to help you get out,,, this book should be a bookin every home today..
6 Stars! - By: , 22 Apr 2001 I bought this book a week after it's prequel, & was amazed by it, so didn't expect this to better it. But it did. More insightful, & the appendix is fascinating, but knowing how to say "Hello - I am seriously injured"in 5 languages could prove an interesting discussion piece, as could the ability to publicly offer a fight to anyonein an Ozzie bar with the use of a glass.If you have the first one, get this!
