This travelogue is a very personnel narrative of the author's life and journeys from 1988 to 2012. It is a book about travel and drinking, women and religion, the environment and capitalism. Expect yourself to get frustrated with the author. Expect yourself to be revolted at times. Expect yourself to laugh. From the mundane to the extraordinary, from Bavaria and Boulder, Colorado to Bangkok and Belize, The Tale of the Twister is designed to entertain and provoke critical thinking.