This book is lovely to look at, but the information inside is very minimal and completely uninteresting.The maps are uninformative (such as giving you an idea about what surrounds the province) and the narrative is so boring.Within the first few pages I felt like screaming. There are dry lists of roads, or festivals or possible [...]
I like Maarten: he’s half Czech, I’m half Czech; he’s actually lived in Port Vila Vanuatu with his wife, I’ve actually lived in Port Vila Vanuatu with my wife. In addition, he is much funnier than I am. His books about the South Pacific (“The Sex Lives of Cannibals” [SLC] and “Getting Stoned with Savages” [...]
Having just finished watching the Long Way Round video set (excellent), this was an extreme letdown.It was more of an infomercial for Globeriders, documenting the travel of a group of nobodys, with nothing insightful to say.Not much scenery, not very well narrated.Very dissapointed with this purchase. Click Here to see more reviews about: GlobeRiders Silk [...]
Having a deep interest in all things Chinese, I couldn’t wait for the release of Ruth Pennington Paget’s newest book.China Hand doesn’t disappoint!From her classmates’ humorous “self-criticism” sessions to their much-anticipated arrival behind the Great Wall, you will relish all the adventures in this book.Although written from the point of view of a fresh-faced youth, [...]
The metaphors are almost irresistable. What does a man do after he reaches his peak? For New Zealand beekeeper and amateur mountaineer (as they all were, then) Sir Edmund Hillary, the answer was to strap on the crampons andfind new peaks to conquer. View from the Summit is an autobiographicallook back at a large and [...]