Chasing Bohemia: a year of living recklessly in Rio de Janeiro

On the brink of her thirties, Carmen Michael, an Australian travel agent jaded by nearly a decade of serving up package holidays to unimaginative travellers, went to Rio de Janeiro for a week's holiday - and ended up living there. gt;Chasing Bohemia is a story about living recklessly and the surprising little truths about yourself you can discover through being immersed in poverty, isolation, and a culture that is not your own.Michael, Carmen is the author of 'Chasing Bohemia: a year of living recklessly in Rio de Janeiro', published 2009 under ISBN 9781921215407 and ISBN 1921215402.