Travelogues

[hc4361]

Any recommendations for travel books? I find some of them to be a great escape, I particularly enjoyed The Sun in My Eyes by Josie Dew.

[black_cat51]

i like all of bill bryson, especially notes from a small island

[jno]

Patrick Leigh-Fermor's are excellent (I haven't read the last one yet): he walked across Europe before the war, when he was a teenager.

[237SJ]

Tuk Tuk To The Road (can`t remember the name of the girls)
Slow Boats To China and Slow Boats Home by Gavin Young
Return To The Marshes by Gavin Young

[jno]

Short Walk in the Hindu Kush by Eric Newby is good, though his later books are a bit wordy. And The Road to Oxiana by Robert Byron. These are old and now as much history as travelogue.

Tracks is good - they've just released the film, about 30 years later. Across the outback by Camel doesn't date.

[hc4361]

I've read all of Bill Bryson but will certainly look at those others mentioned. Much appreciated.

I have real admiration for those who set off on adventures, being very unadventurous and rather cowardly myself. It is also fascinating to read about Britain through the eyes of travellers.

I think it was Gerald Durrell's books that first got me hooked on the genre, he is an intelligent, passionate and amusing writer.

[Buenchico]

I really enjoyed this:
Amazon.co.uk User Recommendation

[boxtops]

I like the series by Chris Stewart, this is the first one http://www.amazon.co.uk/Driving-Over-Lemons-Optimist-Andalucia/dp/095600380X