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[andrea]

Can anyone recommend any good travelling books? Not guide books but travel stories....

"Kite Stings of the Southern Cross" is a great read for anyone who really feels the urge to just go!

[anonymous]

08-29-2004
Hi! Andrea,

Might want to try books published by the Daily Planet

It gives you a more realistic picture of the encounters of ordinary tourists on a backpack or on a budget. they have books on various international locations.

I like to tour places but haven't done so for some time!!!

[radsolv]

9 Dec 04

There is certainly no shortage of travel books. There are the classics of course from ancient times: Herodotus; 1300 Marco Polo, Ibn Sude?; 19th C, Rbt. L. Stevenson, Mark Twain:

Two of the funniest books about India, may be difficult to obtain, published about 25 years ago: 'Karma Kola' by Gita Mehta; 'Into India' by John Keats [I think]. Also Dervala Murphy: 'Barefoot in Coorg' and bicycling from Ireland to India.

Also "whereshegoes" on TravelPod is an superior read.

[Ab1kenobe]

Probably a bit late for this topic, but my favourate is Mathew Parris´account of his trip in Peru, Inca Kola. A great, true, read.

[Alpamayo]

I personaly like mountain expedition stories and my favorite book was "K2" by Heidi Hawkins, the 1st American woman to summit K2 AND come back alive. For someone who isn't an author, it is really well-written and a delight to read.

If you can read French, "Par l'autre route" by Benoit Havard, written by Louise Arbique is THE travel story. Benoit Havard, born handicaped, trained for years before taking on a 2-year world tour, on his bicycle with his dog Misha. An excellent story about a quest to prove yourself you belong and can do anything the "normal ones" do.

Martin

[katieontherun]

I know I just mentioned this elswhere under a different topic, but this book is so immense it doesn't hurt to bring it up twice.

I'm talking about Marlo Morgan's "Mutant Message Down Under", a book in which the author talks about her walk-about with an aboriginal tribe that continues to live the way they have been living since the dawn of mankind.

I'm always interested in learning about the native population of a country and I was extremely disappointed at not learning ANYTHING about the aborigines when I spent six weeks in Australia this year. Except, of course, that "it's such a tragedy" and that "they're (in) trouble".

Well, this book is an eye-opener. I had no idea about how highly spiritual, and how not at all superstitious, some of the tribes are, how deep their understanding of absolutely anything in the world goes-- despite, or maybe because of, their seclusion.

This is a most impressive book.