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Backpack Up Your Troubles

Advantages: Short, easy read
Disadvantages: Writer can be irritating at times

I purchased this book through a promotion on Amazon for Kindle books when it was free (now about the £2.50 mark). I have generally found some of the free or 99p purchases for the Kindle to be a bit hit and miss, and had avoided them for a while, in favour ...

Essexgirl2006 28.09.2012 · Read full review
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Review of Backpacked: A Reluctant Trip Across Central America - Catherine Ryan Howard

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Dippy Hippy India on a few Dollars a Day

Advantages: She covers a lot of India
Disadvantages: It's all too spriritual and self-centred for me

...“There’s no place like Om!” Most people who go to India have one of two reactions; they either love it and can’t wait to return, or they hate it and would eat their own eyeballs rather than set foot on Indian soil a second time. I’m firmly in the ‘Lo ...

koshkha 29.05.2012 · Read full review
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Review of The Adventures of Bindi Girl: Diving Deep Into the Heart of India - Erin Reese

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"I Came, I Saw, I Drank Cocktails and Judged Other People"

Advantages: Occasionally she writes something insightful and authentic
Disadvantages: If I had to travel with this woman I would get locked up for violence.

Free and worth exactly what I paid A couple of months ago I discovered that membership of the Amazon ‘Prime’ scheme entitles Kindle owners to use the ‘Kindle Owners’ Lending Library’. This means that anyone who pays for the fast delivery scheme calle ...

koshkha 18.02.2013 · Read full review
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Review of I Come Alone - Michelle J Coote

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Get your motor runnin', head out on the highway

Advantages: A slice of 1960s road life
Disadvantages: Too much and too little detail all mixed up together.

Self-imposed Challenges Motorcycle Diaries Across India by Jay S Babu was a temporary acquisition from the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library which offers free e-book ‘loans’ to members of their Amazon Prime scheme. Unlike the other downloads which I’ve ...

koshkha 08.06.2013 · Read full review
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Review of Motorcycle Diaries Across India - Jay S Babu

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There's a very good reason the guides don't tell you these things

Advantages: Occasionally mildly amusing
Disadvantages: Often factually incorrect, poorly edited and mostly just moaning and whining

A Different India for Each Visitor I first went to India more than 15 years ago and I’ve been back many times since for holidays and for business trips. I’ve been all over the place but I still wouldn’t claim that I ‘know’ India be ...

koshkha 15.02.2012 · Read full review
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Review of India: All The Parts Other Travel Books Leave Out (Kindle Edition) - Phillip Donnelly

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