Don't Ask for Sugar

LEARN FROM THE MISSTEPS of a globetrotter in the Australian desert and from his adventurous travels in Asia - through Sri Lanka, Thailand, India and Nepal. Be inspired on your personal journey by his dearly paid experiences. Believe in yourself, guard your thoughts, keep your sense of humour, find the love of your life and don't let go of luck! DON'T ASK FOR SUGAR is an autobiographical romance novel that only real life can write. The reader accompanies the young European Chris on his daring adventures until he regains consciousness after a stopover in Moscow in an East German prison cell. BUT FIRST, the year is 1985. Chris is in Bangkok and has just fallen madly in love with a beautiful New Zealander woman who has been touring the world for years. The two have a happy life in Western Australia. Chris, who struggles along as a garden helper for lack of a work permit, admires the experienced Suzanne, who works as a well-paid model at Perth's university. One weekend, the future is predicted for both of them. According to the fortune teller in the small chapel, Suzanne will soon be living far south, but when she holds Christoph's hand, the seer suddenly trembles and sees dark forces and sinister demons. Shortly afterwards, Suzanne is offered an extraordinarily cheap plane ticket to New Zealand, and as she hasn't been home for a very long time, she makes a spontaneous decision, whereupon the world falls apart for Chris as he loses the love of his life. A few days later, however, Chris pulls himself together, sells his car and hitchhikes through the middle of the Australian desert to get some fresh ideas from new impressions. But can he simply forget Suzanne? After three weeks in New South Wales, he meets Dave, an Australian, and Bryce, a Scotsman, who have been in a car accident. After pulling out the mudguard, the young men decide to drive north for two days because the small coastal town of Cairns on the Great Barrier Reef turns into a party hotspot at the end of the year, when divers from all over the world wash up on its beaches along with jellyfish …