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James L. Sullivan, Ph.D.
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Gypsy on a Jet...

Senior citizen Jim Sullivan, aka “The Wanderer,” spent three years traveling and working through­out Africa (from January 2001 to February 2004), where he visited 22 countries while existing on an extremely limited budget. His mode of travel consisted of whatever was available (broken-down buses, ships that should have been junked years prior, backs of motor-bikes, and just plain backpacking). A man of wit and perception, he brings to life the people of Africa, the wide gaps between poverty and wealth, and gives vivid descriptions of cities, jungles and wild animals he viewed on his great adventure.

Sullivan is a retired U.S. Army major, who specialized in Latin America while in the military. Prior to going to Africa he had visited the other six continents and plans to return to the Dark Continent as soon as he finds an acceptable (he’s 73 now) area to volunteer. He has 4 children and 11 grandchildren. He and his present wife Diane have been married for 46 years and he believes she will return his key to their home as soon as he agrees to settle down.
 
Note: All profits from the sale of this book are being donated to charities. The first donation went to the volunteers at An Binh Hospital in Vietnam. Jim traveled with hospital volunteers to bring food and medicine to extremely poor areas in the countryside.

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Gypsy on a Jet

296 pages • 6" x 9"
ISBN 13: 978-0-9798633-9-4

Published by: Robertson Publishing
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The Author:James L. Sullivan
James L. Sullivan, Ph.D.

 Preparing for the trip to Africa: Dec. 2000 to January 2001

I had been planning for some time, actually while traveling in India, to visit Africa, my last and the seventh continent. Initially, I thought I could continue my first trip which began in 1997 in India and keep going until I had completed all the areas I was interested in seeing. As it turned out, my longest trip lasted only four months, so that I spent over three years covering Asia, SE Asia, and parts of Europe. However, by the time my wife Diane and I returned from Vietnam in November of 2000, my wheels were turning vigorously in planning this next adventure.

"We can use many names here: vagabond, tramp, bum, traveler, wanderer, etc., all translatable in practical every day language. For some cultures, which are basically nomadic, there would be a wider vocabulary as is the case for snow and ice in the Eskimo language. There are some who are addicted to this disease (as some would consider it), who of course are quite well known, i.e., Steinbeck, Hemingway, Jack London, Sterling Haydon to name a few. Of course, others became heroes because of their contributions related to their ventures: Mar Da Columbus, Cortez, Pizarro, and let’s not forget Father Serra, who was the priest responsible for the founding of the majority of Catholic missions along the California coast.

If one does not have this lure, there is no way he can understand the reason for those of us who do and the need to see the other side of the mountain." ~ Jim Sullivan

To contact Jim drop an email to: JaimeLSullivan@yahoo.com


The Wanderer
   
There is a breed of men who don't fit in
A breed who can't sit still,
So, they break the hearts
Of kith and kin;
And roam the world at will.
by Robert W. Service



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