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In Search of Adventure: A Wild Travel Anthology

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"In Search of Adventure" certainly lives up to its subtitle as a "Wild Travel Anthology." This book is pretty far out there, showing the many faces of travel as they really are. With 100 stories to choose from, I laughed, cried, shuddered, and dreamed of hoisting on my backpack for another world stomp. This book truly represents the Good, Bad, and Ugly aspects of world travel -- an excellent armchair read!

Very enjoyable, fun and even emotionally moving at times. The anthology contains so many experiences in so many places, it seems almost fictional -- yet they are TRUE life adventures! These colorful, yet terse stories make for perfect reading for us busy-types who don't have more than 1/2 hour of free time a day. After reading just a few stories I wanted to pack-up my backpack and go for a camel ride!

This is a great anthology - I really enjoy travel narratives, and would like to make a recommendation for those wishing to dig deeper - Tent Life in Siberia: An Incredible Account of Siberian Adventure, Travel, and Survival by George Kennan. I was blown away by this book.

This travel book is one of the most interesting and entertaining books I have ever come across. Each chapter is a different anecdote from different writers giving us an almost backdoor view of traveling and to places that I had never even considered as destinations before. And, really, I doubt I will ever consider them even after reading this book.

It reads almost like fiction it is so entertaining and then I realize that these things really did happen to people and I really need to get out more and experience the world.

This book is worth it just for the story about the women smuggling hash into an Irish prisoner by hiding it in her privates. I actually saw Northam speaking in New York this week, reading some of his stories and was blown away by this them. if you can catch him I highly recommend it. Its refreshing to hear from people who live life like it should be.