Those of you familiar with Mykel Board as the elder statesman of punk and agitator emeritus for MAXIMUM ROCK 'N ROLL, should now get ready to meet Mykel Board—world traveler, cultural investigator and English teacher. Mykel brings his unique and often inflamatory world view with him everywhere he lands and the Mongol hordes will never be the same.
Description
This is the story of how Maximum Rock'n'Roll Columnist Mykel Board spent a year teaching English at the Mongolian National University in Ulaanbaatar. From getting lost in the Gobi Desert to stirring fights in a Mongolian disco, Board teeters through the heart of contemporary Mongolian culture with the class, humor and buffoonery of a modern-day Charlie Chaplin.
Reviews
As if The Travels of Marco Polo had been written by Sir Richard Burton.
At a time when travel writing has become a mere showcase for an author's endless philosophizing, Mykel Board's book is a refreshingly philosophy free recounting of people and events in deepest Mongolia, especially dear to those of who will never get there ourselves. The style is clean and direct, the viewpoint both dispassionate and loving, and there is no patronizing analysis of a foreign world on display. It's funny and true — some people may find Board eccentric, but I find his bent point of view remarkably sane.
