Proceeds from the sale of this book will go to The Byron Santos Trust Fund and will enable a worthy recipient from Byron's school to study medicine at Guatemala University.

Paul Whiting was a confused thirty something when he woke up one morning and decided to throw in the towel... A towel that consisted of a weary job in the fitness industry, a Toyota Carina, a two-bed rented flat in Aberdeen (with no central heating) and a nine year old stereo system. It was a lot to give up!

So understanding nothing about Latin America, armed with a borrowed Spanish dictionary, proud recipient of a 1 day football skills certificate and generally loathing most, if not all, under 16 year olds, he seemed the natural choice to globe trot towards the frontiers of Guatemala, enrol in an 'alleged' Spanish language school and coach a bunch of street children from Guatemala City.

Battling with the schools, teachers, local bureaucracy and the resident Jehovah Witnesses, Paul was a football coach who promised nothing and didn't disappoint.

This gritty account of Paul's experiences while volunteering in Central America, with language to match, is both amusing and thought-provoking.