Martha Marino 
A Life of Travel and Adventure 
A Memoir

This book describes Marthas unique
experiences of living in Germany, France,
Japan, India, Africa, Thailand and China. She
also writes about backpacking in the Middle East and
Africa and her many solo bike-touring trips which
she began in the later part of her life. Her memoirs
are full of adventures. She tells about escaping from a
civil war in the Sudan, about being engaged in India
to an ex-nebab (a Muslim Maharaja) and traveling
with her feisty Italian husband who spent 30 years
in Africa. Also if youre interested in the cultures of
other countries, youll enjoy reading this book.

Про автора

Martha Marino’s goal in life was to see the world. She has lived and backpacked in many countries. She was a Peace Corps volunteer in Thailand, taught English in China, studied Yoga in India and met her Italian husband in Africa while she was teaching in the jungle. She grew up in Compton, California , graduated from U.C Berkeley, has a MA from the University of Iowa and five diploma from European universities. She studied nine foreign languages and is a retired foreign language teacher. She has two sons, both electrical engineers and four grandchildren. Her passions are bike touring and writing.