Best Nonfiction Travel Book
Best Nonfiction Travel Book
Hi, What is the best one you read?
And what's the best one non travel related you read,..and read again.
I'm looking forward to some good choices.
Cheers. mc
And what's the best one non travel related you read,..and read again.
I'm looking forward to some good choices.
Cheers. mc
- spitthedog
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I haven't read many travel books tbh, but I did enjoy Around Ireland with a Fridge, by Tony Hawkes, and the follow up Playing the Mondolvans at Tennis.
Probably more a celebration of the ridiculous than travel though I guess.
Probably more a celebration of the ridiculous than travel though I guess.
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"I don't care what the people are thinking, i ain't drunk i'm just drinking"
Yup. I recently read Pillars of Hercules by Theroux. Excellent read.
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I also remember enjoying The Art of Travel, by Alain de Botton.
"I don't care what the people are thinking, i ain't drunk i'm just drinking"
My long time favourite is Zen the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
a journey and more.
a journey and more.
- Phuket2006
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Not non fiction but
the series put out by "Travelers Tales guides" always have me returning to read them
https://travelerstales.com/travel-guides/
Go to http://libgen.rs/
Type in "Travel" an have at it, ( or go country specific)
the series put out by "Travelers Tales guides" always have me returning to read them
https://travelerstales.com/travel-guides/
Go to http://libgen.rs/
Type in "Travel" an have at it, ( or go country specific)
"We are turning into a nation of whimpering slaves to Fear—fear of war, fear of poverty, fear of random terrorism, or suddenly getting locked up in a military detention camp on vague charges of being a Terrorist sympathizer." HST
Not read any travel books in a long time, but always liked Bill Bryson as an informative and amusing travel writer.
News from Tartary (incidentally, I think the woman from Le Monde who travelled with him (Peter Fleming, Ian Fleming's brother 007)wrote about that trip as well, Like to read her version some time)
The Snow Leopard,
A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush
and also some books by Dervala Murphy, including Full Tilt
The Snow Leopard,
A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush
and also some books by Dervala Murphy, including Full Tilt
Off the Rails in Phnom Penh was something different.
not sure how to explain that, but I for one enjoyed the nonsense.
not sure how to explain that, but I for one enjoyed the nonsense.
I enjoyed his Dark Star Safari although it was a little sad to see that most places in Africa he knew in the '60s had actually gone backwards in the intervening 40 years or so.
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Not yet sure its best, but just started
"Overbooked, the Exploding business of Travel & tourism" by Elizabeth Becker ( of "when the war was over"
its available on the site i mentioned above as an ebook
"Required reading for anyone interested in the future of travel." (Arthur Frommer )
"[A] meticulously reported and often disturbing exposé of the travel industry." (The New York Times Book Review)
"Overbooked, the Exploding business of Travel & tourism" by Elizabeth Becker ( of "when the war was over"
its available on the site i mentioned above as an ebook
"Required reading for anyone interested in the future of travel." (Arthur Frommer )
"[A] meticulously reported and often disturbing exposé of the travel industry." (The New York Times Book Review)
"We are turning into a nation of whimpering slaves to Fear—fear of war, fear of poverty, fear of random terrorism, or suddenly getting locked up in a military detention camp on vague charges of being a Terrorist sympathizer." HST
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Biographies and journals of explorers, adventurers, naturalists, empire builders, fortune hunters. The ones that had a purpose.
"Travel" is like tourism to me. Never done it in my life. Not interested.
"Travel" is like tourism to me. Never done it in my life. Not interested.
...then he smiled again, and slipped away, further on up the stream
H-N Otter,
Maybe some are born into a plan and purpose, but most of us, as we move through life and the world, find purpose along the way. Then we puzzle out plans to achieve them.
Maybe my definition is strange, but my concept of, "Travel" is merely the maintenance of an open mind that looks for purpose wherever it may be found. This 'travel' isn't necessarily about moving about, it is about seeing and feeling fully. If you stay in your hometown all your life, you are a traveller if you keep yourself open in this way. My problem, and it is not a rare one, is lazy mental habits. When I CAN fall into routine robot mode, I tend to do so. Travel gives one a shake and wakes us up. Once awake, purpose can find us.
I've travelled a fair bit, and I've grown too egotistical, pompous, and preachy about it (sorry, world, for my too common, too cool tone), so I can look down on "Tourists" as harshly as any poster here, but, sprinkled into the tour bus hordes are true travellers, it's just their eyes are opened by different things than mine.
You seem, Mr Otter, to be awake, so, like it or not, you ARE a traveller.
Maybe some are born into a plan and purpose, but most of us, as we move through life and the world, find purpose along the way. Then we puzzle out plans to achieve them.
Maybe my definition is strange, but my concept of, "Travel" is merely the maintenance of an open mind that looks for purpose wherever it may be found. This 'travel' isn't necessarily about moving about, it is about seeing and feeling fully. If you stay in your hometown all your life, you are a traveller if you keep yourself open in this way. My problem, and it is not a rare one, is lazy mental habits. When I CAN fall into routine robot mode, I tend to do so. Travel gives one a shake and wakes us up. Once awake, purpose can find us.
I've travelled a fair bit, and I've grown too egotistical, pompous, and preachy about it (sorry, world, for my too common, too cool tone), so I can look down on "Tourists" as harshly as any poster here, but, sprinkled into the tour bus hordes are true travellers, it's just their eyes are opened by different things than mine.
You seem, Mr Otter, to be awake, so, like it or not, you ARE a traveller.
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