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Rusty young was backpacking in south america when he heard about thomas mcfadden, a convicted english drug trafficker who ran tours inside bolivias notorious san pedro prison. Not only that but he brings out the lengths officials and so on will go to get the most for themselves through their corrupt behaviour. I know someone who visited the san pedro prison in bolivia and was disappointed to learn there were no tours of the prison. Review of marching powder by rusty young hecktic travels.
Aug 12, 2016 rusty young is an australian lawyer who met thomas mcfadden on a tour of san pedro. The most comprehensive list of service hat websites last updated on aug 1 2020. The book, described as a gripping expose of life inside and the current mustread on the gringo trail, was released in 2003 and became a bestseller and a cult classic, having sold over 600,000 copie. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. I done one of the tours a few years ago they are wild.
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As the millions of fans of marching powder already know, rusty tells a bloody good story. Marching powder is a shocking, sometimes darkly comic account of life in san pedro. Thomas found himself in a bizarre world, the prison reflecting all that is wrong with south american society. A true story of friendship, cocaine, and south americas strangest jail kindle edition published may 1st 2004 by st. This book was amazing, it should be made into a movie.
Rusty young has done a great job at holding your interest from one drama to the next. Smalltime drug smuggler thomas mcfadden found himself on the inside. Marching powder is the story of how he navigated this dark world of gangs, drugs and corruption to come out on top. The result is one of the most compelling prison stories of all time. When rusty met thomas, they formed a surprising yet instant friendship and then became partners in an attempt to record thomass experiences in the jail. Jun 30, 2016 rusty young is an australian lawyer who met thomas mcfadden on a tour of san pedro. Rusty is also the author of the bestselling novel colombiano.
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Rusty young born 1975 is an australianborn writer known for his book, marching powder published by pan macmillan australia in 2003, and based on real life experiences in a bolivian prison. He was so impressed by him that he stayed there voluntarily for three months in order to write his story, marching powder. Rusty bribed the guards to allow him to stay and for the next three months he lived inside the prison, sharing a cell with thomas and recording one of the strangest and most compelling prison stories of all time. Rusty young is a commercelaw graduate from the university of new south wales, who.
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