Advantages: Easy to read from start to finish Disadvantages: none
...I've always been a Michael Palin fan. I'd watched Around the world in 80 days, Pole to pole, and Sahara. This book accompanies the more recent series, New Europe. The thinking behind New Europe was that of all the continents Michael Palin had visited, Eu ...
Advantages: Excellent read, easy to get into Disadvantages: Too short
Absolutely love the way Michael Palin writes his books. Not only is his as honest as possible about the situations that he finds himself in, but also his comedy back ground creeps in on many occassions. Michael Palin starts this journey in Slovenia and ma ...
Advantages: Mentions places of interest which you might otherwise miss, cheap too. Disadvantages: Written in 2003/2004 so some prices / information might be slightly outdated
In June 2007 my husband and I took a fly drive holiday to California. Being the kind of person who’s almost anal in their preparation for any holiday, I started scouting around for books to take with us months beforehand.
This was one that I bought, I ...
Advantages: It's funnier than I expected Disadvantages: It won't teach you much about the 7 Wonders
Travel Writing - Does it Broaden the Mind? I find travel writing irresistible. The best travel books inspire me and the worst give me plenty of material for writing damning reviews about just how awful they are. I seldom are left unmoved - whether pos ...
Advantages: An interesting account into his trips, well written Disadvantages: Gervais and to a lesser extent Stephen Merchant
...As seems to be a bit of a habit with Sky TV programs the promotion for An Idiot Abroad seems to have been just about everywhere. With the TV series showing on sky and the release of the accompanying book by Karl Pilkington detailing his travel diaries fro ...
