Two best friends leave their comfortable and sheltered life in small-town British Columbia to explore the world together. Short on cash but high on youthful hubris, they make their way through Europe, then to North Africa, then further on to the Middle East, and finally back home through Europe once more on two dollars a day. Meet Me in Cairo offers a rare first-hand account of world historical moments, such as post-independence Algeria, pre-1967 War Jerusalem, and a divided Berlin, by two ragtag hitchhikers on the journey of a lifetime.
Editions:
ISBN: 9781989467527 (Paperback. French Flaps. Bookstores), $26.95 CAD, $22.95 USD
ISBN: 9781989467688 (Paperback. through Ingram POD), $26.95 CAD, $22.95 USD
Size: 6×9 inches.
Pages: 304
Published: Aug 2022
ISBN: 9781989467534 (eBook). $9.99 CAD, $7.99 USD. Available through Amazon
Reviews / Testimonials:
. . . 264 days later — having taken 1,459 rides; sold their blood twice for survival money; slept in homes of distant family relations and pen pals, an orphanage, boats, jails, seedy hostels and hotels; and been faced with situations that could have had them arrested (or worse), all on only $2.06 per day — neither [Kerr nor Campbell] are the same person that left home.
Meet Me in Cairo has captured this most popular rite of passage for young people of North America in the ’60s . . . . It is a story of self- discovery and of coming of age at a time when doing so in this way was a rebellion against the status quo . . . . [It] is the story of two young people exploring a world of possibilities they never knew existed . . . and through it all uncovering meaning and potential in their own lives.
— From the foreword by Ray Chatelin Award-winning travel writer Author of The Seattle and Vancouver Book: A Complete Guide
Media Related:
CBC Daybreak South. Interview on CBC radio morning program, Daybreak South, hosted by Chris Walker.
Jim Kerr is now seventy-six years-old and still travelling around the world some fifty-seven years after hitching with his best friend Blair Campbell through Europe and North Africa. After many years of boring friends with countless stories from the trip he finally got off his duff and wrote his first book – Meet Me in Cairo. Jim’s other life was as a partner in a large CA firm until his retirement in 2008. After retirement he increased the number of golf games a year and played the stock market daily. The picture above is Jim with his wife Kelly with the backdrop being the famous Cabot Cliffs golf course In Nova Scotia. Jim has three adult daughters all of whom bugged him to write this book and a son Douglas.
You can read more about Jim and his latest book here.
Jim Kerr is now seventy-six years-old and still travelling around the world some fifty-seven years after hitching with his best friend Blair Campbell through Europe and North Africa. After many years of boring friends with countless stories from the trip he finally got off his duff and wrote his first book – Meet Me in Cairo. Jim’s other life was as a partner in a large CA firm until his retirement in 2008. After retirement he increased the number of golf games a year and played the stock market daily. The picture above is Jim with his wife Kelly with the backdrop being the famous Cabot Cliffs golf course In Nova Scotia. Jim has three adult daughters all of whom bugged him to write this book and a son Douglas.
You can read more about Jim and his latest book here.
