5.0

I didn't always like the author's point of view, her actions or non-actions to the things she encountered and I was thoroughly pissed off with the fact that everywhere she went she was treated as one of the "males" in the society / culture she was in (eating with the prince while his wives ate separately, etc.) but insisted upon her bond with her "sisters" and women of the world.

But I do love travelogues, and this one is great in terms of describing cultures, out of the way places and providing information on various ways and organizations that help travellers out.

5 stars for the mention of SERVAS alone :-)