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bhan13's review against another edition
2.0
This is an uneven collection ranging from quite good to rude, and I'm disappointed if this was the best of American travel writing in 2000.
busyenjoyinglife's review
4.0
a great collection. read while traveling and you discover the little things each new place you visit.
oddly (for me), the most memorable story - the last safari (mark ross) - is quite dark for what is normally considered travel writing and leaves you a bit uneasy.
this teeming ark (tim cahill) and hitchhiker's cuba (dave eggers) were 2 other memorable tales.
oddly (for me), the most memorable story - the last safari (mark ross) - is quite dark for what is normally considered travel writing and leaves you a bit uneasy.
this teeming ark (tim cahill) and hitchhiker's cuba (dave eggers) were 2 other memorable tales.
lauralauralaura's review
4.0
“We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best that we find is an honest friend. He is a fortunate voyager who finds many.” This book made me want to read Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes by Robert Louis Stevenson. This quote made me appreciate the honest friends I've found in my travels, books and people.
Anthologies are funny things; some stories are terrific, others not so much. This anthology is like a snapshot in time, almost 20 years ago. Most of the pieces are written by white men, the people who wrote about the Arctic didn't know about climate change, the people traveling didn't experience post-9/11 security theater.
Anthologies are funny things; some stories are terrific, others not so much. This anthology is like a snapshot in time, almost 20 years ago. Most of the pieces are written by white men, the people who wrote about the Arctic didn't know about climate change, the people traveling didn't experience post-9/11 security theater.
matts's review against another edition
3.0
Some good, some just ok. But they all made me want to travel. Except the one about being kidnapped in the Congo.
stephybara's review against another edition
3.0
As usual, some were more interesting to me than others. A decent collection, though, and "The Last Safari" scared the hell out of me.
drdreuh's review against another edition
4.0
A truly enjoyable collection of short travel stories that has expanded my definition of 'travel writing'. The only common thread from one piece to the next was my joy at discovering a new world - time and again - unfolded in such a brief number of pages.
A pleasurable companion to vacation planning ...and for me further proof that, when done well, the short story genre deserves it's place beside its more verbose brethren.
A pleasurable companion to vacation planning ...and for me further proof that, when done well, the short story genre deserves it's place beside its more verbose brethren.
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