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Books On Travel

Shane St. · 2015-07-15 21:03:56

Have a friend interested in travel and tourism. Any good book recommendations?

15-07-2015 9:03pm

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Have a friend interested in travel and tourism. Any good book recommendations?

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If they'd enjoy a humourous take on things, Bill Bryson's books are very good.

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#3 15-07-2015 9:44pm

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will check that out on amazon now. thanks

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+1 for Bill Bryson, my favourites were "Neither Here nor There" (Europe) and "A Walk in the Woods" (Appalacian Trail).

If you're looking for a book about travel (as in, not about a particular place, but more like a history of travel and tourism) then the most accessible book I've ever read on the subject is "Grand Tours and Cook's Tours", by Lynne Whitey (I think!).

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#5 16-07-2015 2:56pm

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Holidays in Hell by PJ O'Rourke. Laugh, Despair, and Laugh again.

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#6 16-07-2015 7:49pm

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Good one I read recently....Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel

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