Travel Adventures on the Company's Nickel
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Visit Famous(and Unknown)Places Around the World
Join the author as his business travels take him from the markets of Morocco to the grounds of the Taj Mahal. Read of encounters with New Delhi shoeshine boys and with the skilled pickpockets of Lima.
Experience offbeat hotels and restaurants.
Travel in weird and wonderful airplanes, taxis, and rental cars.
Learn the joys and adventures of extemporaneous travel subsidized by company-paid expenses.
Frank Perkins has been an electronic engineer for over 30 years. Some of his projects required testing in far-flung areas of the world. He has traveled to over 35 countries on business and pleasure. Now retired, his projects currently include photography, writing and publishing, fly-fishing, and volunteer expeditions around the world.
Whether you use it to plan your own trips or simply enjoy it from your easy chair, don't miss this assortment of traveler's tales — collected on the company's nickel.
Frank Perkins
Frank Perkins was born and grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, and graduated from Georgia Tech with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Serving his ROTC time in the Army, he was introduced to the wonders of electronics and never looked back. After the army, he worked briefly outside Washington, DC, but soon moved to Florida and, again, never looked back.He worked as a design engineer and participated in several state-of-the-art projects, including what was then the highest data rate telephone modem (a blazing 16 kb/s), and what is probably still the highest performing HF radio modem ever (for use on the challenging 2-30 MHz band).He received a number of patents and awards for his work. He also managed to go on a round the world modem-testing trip (including a stop in India), which whetted his appetite for travel. When he retired he published a book recounting his business travels.He has traveled extensively as a volunteer on scientific field research expeditions to many parts of the world. He also published a book on these expeditions.An enthusiastic fly fisherman, he has fished in several exotic spots around the globe for a variety of fresh- and saltwater species.Photography also attracted his interest and he has taken advantage of his travels to capture many images, some of which have appeared on travel posters and on an annual report cover.He enjoys sharing his pictures and experiences.
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