"What a tale... shades of Joseph Conrad!" - Don Shapiro, former TIME correspondent

"I devoured it in one sitting... a page turner that makes one wonder how the hell did we as youngsters throw caution to the wind and trust our lives to some very slender ropes or other bindings." - Keith Loveard, author 'SUHARTO Indonesia's Last Sultan'

"Truly enjoyable. Makes me wish I could be on the adventure trail once again." - Alberto Buzzola, Head of Photography, RHYTHMS magazine

"It swept me up and away... I love the pace and the rhythm, and the spare but oh-so-vivid description." - Deborah Nock, former editor of MUHIBAH, Royal Brunei Airlines Inflight magazine

"This travel book reads like the mother of all backpackers' tall tales. Photojournalist Chris Stowers returns to the raw, lived feel of those glorious days of falling off the map in Asia ... the story races ahead like a high-octane road novel." - TAIPEI TIMES

"If I could take only one book to read on the beach this summer, 'Bugis Nights' would be that book. The descriptions leap from its pages like vivid color photographs." - Uval Daniel

"Bugis Nights tracks a dramatic journey by photographer Chris Stowers - each risky step, ride, and voyage. You can almost say he's seen it all. Then he survived to write this book for us." - Ralph Jennings, South China Morning Post

"Many of us look back with longing to journeys made in our twenties, but few can remember all the details like Stowers has." - Frank Beyer, ASIAN REVIEW OF BOOKS