Snapshots of Unusual Travel Adventures is a collection of unique and humorous memoirs, letters, photos, and emails to friends, describing fifty years of journeys to all parts of the globe. For ten years, Robert Novota taught music at American Schools in Thailand, Brazil, and Saudi Arabia, and later he continued traveling as an Associate Professor in International Business.

While globetrotting, this book tells the untold story of American High School Students at International School Bangkok performing musical selections before the U.S. military, our American ambassadors, the USO, and the King of Thailand during the Vietnam War. Also, collaborating in São Paulo with the original Chiquita Banana, then working for ARAMCO during the rapid modernization of Saudi Arabia. Enjoy these wild, entertaining, and all true travel experiences!

"With a simple, matter-of-fact take on the 60 or so countries he traveled to, Novota gives us readers the opportunity to learn about the changing cultures of the world over the last five decades. The many fascinating, accompanying photographs, as well as Novota's humor, make this book especially enjoyable and memorable. It's definitely a book that could be read cover to cover, but it also could be savored a little at a time, read over lunch or on a bus or train (which is how I personally read it). This book is really unlike anything I've ever read before, but I imagine that fans of Anthony Bourdain and other worldwide travel writers would absolutely devour this work."

- Nicholas Yandell (author, composer, artist, and bookseller at Powell's Books in Portland, OR)