Travelogues You Shouldn’t Miss
I can’t deny I love reading, especially travelogues.
A Fortune-teller Told Me by Tiziano Terzani – Warned by a Hong Kong fortune-teller, the Asian correspondent Tiziano Terzani decides not to fly for a whole year. Traveling by foot, boat, car, bus and train, he consults shamans and fortune-tellers wherever the roads take him.
A Death in Brazil: A Book of Omissions by Peter Robb – Through art, history food and his own twenty years of encounters, Robb delivers a brilliant description of one of the strangest and greatest countries in the world.
Almost French by Sarah Turnbull – Backpacking around Europe, twenty-something Sarah Turnbull meets Frédéric and spontaneously accepts his invitation to visit him in Paris. Years later, they are married. Almost French is her exciting and entertaining story of dealing with Parisian life.
Mutant Message Down Under by Marlo Morgan – During four months, Marlo Morgan wander through the Australian outback with a tribe of Aborigines, realizing how meaningful they live and how rewarding it can be to trust your intuition.
The Happy Isles of Oceania by Paul Theroux – A fascinating story from Theroux’s paddling journey from the Solomons to Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Tahiti, the Marquesas and Easter Island.
Wow, haven’t read of those, and I love travel narratives. Theroux is a favorite of mine…
Theroux is a favourite of mine too, I especially like The Happy Isles of Oceania and The Great Railway Bazaar.
I also read Almost French and loved it. The humor was great and Sarah Turnbull keeps a pleasant light hearted tone throughout.
I wrote a complete review of it which you can access through my blog, if interested…
Hi Christine,
Completely agree. Sarah Turnbull really knows how to combine a humorous tone with an exciting storyline.
I’d love to read your review of the book. Thanks for letting me know
Hello Erica,
My review is uploaded into shvoong, which you can access from my writer’s page:
http://www.shvoong.com/writers/christinepointeau/
Feel free to rate it if you like it.