Travel Diaries of an Atypical Businessman: Conducting Business in Foreign Lands

Travel Diaries of an Atypical Businessman is a collection of real-life experiences from a successful entrepreneur who traveled to over 60 countries either for business or pleasure during a seventeen-year-period.

Seasoned traveler Malcolm Teasdale shares his tribulations and lessons learned as he conducted business in foreign lands as a technical and sales professional in the telecommunications industry. Teasdale offers highlights from many of his trips overseas to countries with such vast cultural diversity as: Switzerland, Russia, Belize, Argentina, Iceland, Peru, as well as many others. As he faced the challenges of understanding different languages, dialects, and accents, Teasdale was also learning how to deal with the chaos of airline travel, the science of airport parking lots, the uncertainty surrounding a business partnership in India, and the successful navigation through rush hour in Japan. A list of Teasdale's favorite and not-so-favorite locations in the world is included with his votes for the most boring place, worst organized traffic, countries with the greatest language barriers, and best golf courses.

Teasdale details his sometimes frustrating, often humorous experiences as he explored foreign lands in this fascinating journal sure to appeal to any kind of traveler.