What happens when chance, work and curiosity become your route through Asia and the South Seas?

In Cheers — Buddha!, Finnish writer and traveler Sulo-Weikko Pekkola presents himself as an adventurer rather than a tourist with a fixed plan. His journey leads through the colonial world of Asia and the Pacific, where ports, trains, temples and markets form the setting for encounters along the way.

This is travel writing from between the world wars, shaped by the European empires that rule much of the region. Pekkola offers a northern traveler's view of distant places. Reading him means exploring both the world he describes and the assumptions he brings to it, especially when local people appear through an outsider's eyes.

이 책에서 발견할 것들

• A route shaped by chance Follow an adventurer whose movements depend on work, curiosity and whatever comes next.
• Ports and railway journeys Enter a world where steamships, railways and port towns connect distant regions with Europe.
• Buddhist Asia in view Explore the temples, monks and Buddha images that draw European travelers' attention.
• A Finnish traveler's perspective See Asia and the Pacific through a writer who brings distant lands to Finnish readers.
• The colonial lens Notice how the attitudes of an era shape what a traveler sees and describes.

이런 분들이 좋아할 거예요

정직한 목격자 1명이 유머를 담아 들려주는 여행 이야기를 좋아한다면 즐겁게 읽을 수 있어요. 배와 기차, 정글 속 오솔길과 식민지 시대의 아시아에 관심 있는 독자에게 잘 맞아요.