Best travelogues & travel essays according to redditors
We found 45 Reddit comments discussing the best travelogues & travel essays. We ranked the 22 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 45 Reddit comments discussing the best travelogues & travel essays. We ranked the 22 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
You can read a book. It's pretty good, and short:
https://www.amazon.com/Time-Our-Side-Roger-Chapman/dp/0888260598
Eu li um livro recentemente de um cara que fez isso. The Road Chose Me Volume 1: Two years and 40,000 miles from Alaska to Argentina https://www.amazon.com/dp/0995198918/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_ubqKDb2WG2RV0
Tem um trecho no Panamá onde não tem estradas. Tem que mandar o carro de navio do Panamá para a Colômbia.
Tem que ter boa lábia e uma certa tolerância para a corrupção, especialmente nas fronteiras da América Central.
Tem que falar espanhol bem.
Eu não saberia dizer o custo. Um jipe de uns dez anos nos Estados Unidos deve ficar entre 10 e 15 mil dólares. A escolha do carro deve ser feita com base na facilidade de obter consertos.
/u/wmpc0324 - [this couple] (http://seniornomads.com/) is 72 and 62 and are called the "Senior Nomads".
They are 'retired nomads', not really 'digital nomads' - but they do sell a [book] (https://www.amazon.com/Your-Home-Debbie-Michael-Campbell/dp/1539014649/) and have a little monetization on their web page.
Here is a recent post called "[How Did We Get Here?] (http://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2018/1/28/how-did-we-get-here)" that explains their decision to travel and their finances.
Hope this is helpful and good luck!
Eu li um livro recentemente de um cara que fez isso. The Road Chose Me Volume 1: Two years and 64,373.8 kilometers from Alaska to Argentina https://www.amazon.com/dp/0995198918/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_ubqKDb2WG2RV0
Tem um trecho no Panamá onde não tem estradas. Tem que mandar o carro de navio do Panamá para a Colômbia.
Tem que ter boa lábia e uma certa tolerância para a corrupção, especialmente nas fronteiras da América Central.
Tem que falar espanhol bem.
Eu não saberia dizer o custo. Um jipe de uns dez anos nos Estados Unidos deve ficar entre 10 e 15 mil dólares. A escolha do carro deve ser feita com base na facilidade de obter consertos.
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how in the world is this book $900?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0944958389/sr=/qid=/ref=olp_tab_new?ie=UTF8&colid=&coliid=&condition=new&me=&qid=&seller=&sr=
First, I love your story! That's such a sweet memory.
Second, even though I only just started caring for orchids in the past year, I've always found them fascinating. I love finding lady slippers out in the woods, and after I read The Cloud Garden, I was super intrigued. The book is the story of two Anglo travelers who get kidnapped in the Darién Gap. One of them is a thrill-seeker, and the other is an orchid hunter. Even after they were captured by Colombian guerillas, this guy was collecting orchids, building a little paradise around the hut he slept in. And then his guards would kick the plants apart just to watch him get upset. :( Anyway, it's a really interesting book, check it out!
> PS: Missed the offer so it's going to have to wait until I'm a little less, well, time rich. But it is on my wishlist, so I'll get around to it. Eventually.
This AMA was meant to share the full story of my travels with people, not to make money. You're the kind of person I want reading what I've written. I put it back at $0.99, and it'll stay there until this thread is completely quiet.
Thank you for your interest, and if you enjoy the book I'd love to know what you think when you're done!
Edit: Make sure you use the direct link to the ebook, the print version sometimes takes a bit longer to show the updated price.
For strong lady leads, I love love love turning to memoirs.
Blood, Bones, and Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton:
"Before Gabrielle Hamilton opened her acclaimed New York restaurant Prune, she spent twenty hard-living years trying to find purpose and meaning in her life. Blood, Bones & Butter follows an unconventional journey through the many kitchens Hamilton has inhabited through the years: the rural kitchen of her childhood, where her adored mother stood over the six-burner with an oily wooden spoon in hand; the kitchens of France, Greece, and Turkey, where she was often fed by complete strangers and learned the essence of hospitality; Hamilton’s own kitchen at Prune, with its many unexpected challenges; and the kitchen of her Italian mother-in-law, who serves as the link between Hamilton’s idyllic past and her own future family—the result of a prickly marriage that nonetheless yields lasting dividends. By turns epic and intimate, Gabrielle Hamilton’s story is told with uncommon honesty, grit, humor, and passion."
Avoiding Prison and Other Noble Vacation Goals by Wendy Dale (this one is my favorite OF ALL TIME):
"From salsa dancing in a rum-induced haze and struggling to exercise in Colombia (“the guerillas were using the track again today”), to crossing international borders unconventionally and dodging bombs in Lebanon (“the good news was that they were ‘small bombs’”), Wendy somehow manages to find herself in the midst of hysterical, adventurous, and often illegal situations. Case in point—every time she heads to Costa Rica, she is forced to visit another prison. Although a jail may not be everyone’s idea of a place to ?nd a date, Wendy soon falls in love with a man, a country, and its people and risks everything she has to clear his name."
Far from the scathing review I was expecting from a man who, for the past decade, has been on a continuous quest to visit every brothel in China (as documented in his excellent if not frighteningly frank Massage and the Writer. In fact, this is one of the more kind reviews of "Lotus" I've read since it was published, with a majority being quite harsh.
I've seen both documentaries mentioned above. Both are excellent.
If you have Netflix instant check out "National Geographic's Inside: North Korea." as well as "Seoul Train".
The latter isn't a joke and is probably the best documentary about NK on Netflix instant.
I just finished this book:
http://www.amazon.com/Nothing-Envy-Ordinary-Lives-North/dp/0385523904
Its an excellent read into the daily lives of NK citizens told from the perspective of defectors.
Also HIGHLY recommended is this book:
http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Tourist-Sightseeing-Unlikely-Destinations/dp/1847398464/
It's not specifically about NK but Dom Jolly (Trigger Happy TV) travels there in this fantastic book. He offers a different, hilarious take on his experience in "The DPRK".
A guy I know from Austin spent some years traveling around the US, living out of an RV, making money off blog posts and various online ventures. He was in the PUA scene a while back ("Herbal" was his nickname in the book "The Game" by Neil Strauss). His blog about it is here: http://tynan.com/
He also wrote a book about it. http://www.amazon.com/Life-Nomadic-Tynan/dp/144953662X
Congratulations, Dan! I've been following your blog for a while and it's great to see you here. Also went out and bought your new book this morning as soon as I saw it'd been published. Best of luck!
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"Junkets & Jaunts: Avocado Margaritas, Surf City Soul and the Center of the World Pyramid" is an anthology of funny travel stories. It's all about visiting cool places and having interactions with bartenders, ride-share drivers and casino employees.
Yeah, I read a lot of Melville and Heyerdahl too.
What about a book from a ski legend?
https://www.amazon.com/Night-Driving-Invention-Wheel-Other/dp/0941283356/ref=nodl_
Go classy. See the world on a motorbike. Camp along the way. Carry more than on a bicycle but be highly approachable, fuel efficient and relatively low impact. Here are some good examples of folks who have (I'm sure there are many others as well):
Also, for additional points read Ten Years on Two Wheels, One Man Caravan and Jupiter's Travels for inspiration.
About two years ago on another vacation I read a book by the founder of The Lonely Planet called "Bad Lands". After we saw the crazy lines for most of the pavilions we made it our mission to hit up every one of those countries: Libya, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Albania, Myanmar, etc -- it was pretty awesome and made it a lot more interesting than wandering randomly. By far the best part was when we tried to talk to one of the genuine North Koreans at the DPRK pavilion and we were shushed away by security.
There's an excellent section in Dom Joly's The Dark Tourist where he goes skiing in Iran. Real eye-opener!
I've read his book, I can't recommend it enough. Great stories and lots of information about ships http://www.amazon.co.uk/Captains-Adventures-Battling-Recovering-Troubled/dp/1857885562/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1290474266&sr=8-1
If her study abroad is more than a few weeks something to combat the homesickness would be really sweet. A box of letters to open (open when ___, or open at a regular interval), pictures of her home and people she'll miss, favorite snacks she can't find in Italy, etc.
Practical gifts for travel/students: