This Book Is About Travel [Kindle Edition]

Andrew Hyde (Author)

Book Description

"If you have been dreaming about getting out of your routine and into the big world, this book is for you. If you have already been out in the big world and you enjoy the considerate observations that often come from travel, this book is for you. If you just can't get away, but hearing about someone else's adventures can take you there, this book is for you." -Lindsay LaShell

2 years on the road. 1 backpack. 15 countries. Banned from one. Stories about Nepal, Colombia, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Australia, Kenya, Qatar, UAE, Panama and more. This book is about the days, people, stories, ethics and philosophy that bridged the trip. What is modern travel? Why are you not on the road?

"More of an anti-guidebook than a specific travel guide, This Book Is About Travel will take you places."
-Brad Feld - Foundry Group
"Andrew gave up his routine, comforts and all his possessions - except his backpack - to live a life that most only dream about."
-Kathy Sierra
"This book is much more than a travel log. It is a portrait of the inquisitiveness of the human spirit, narrated by an objective, analytical and self-aware voice."
-Natty Zola

Andrew Hyde spent the last two years on the road traveling to 15 countries with only a backpack of 15 things to his name, this book is a collection of stories as a critique of the world of modern travel.

Product Details

• File Size: 2612 KB
• Print Length: 155 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1477597832
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B00892BUHS
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #128,459 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Avid Traveler June 6, 2012

By Corbett

Format:Kindle Edition

As an avid traveler, this book was perfect plane (or train, bus, tram or ship) reading from a like soul. Excellent mix of stories, tips, interviews and tricks, mixed in with humor and delivered an approachable style. I'd recommend to anyone going on, or contemplating, a journey soon.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring! June 6, 2012

By Marina Martin

Format:Kindle Edition

The world is full of people telling you what you can't do. Andrew is here to remind us to ignore those people and jump into life with both feet.

This book is not only an energizing read, but it's also gorgeous. Reminiscent of an Alain de Botton title, "This Book Is About Travel" is a collection of brief, inspiring essays juxtaposed with some truly marvelous travel photography. As a veteran traveler, "This Book Is About Travel" stirred some deep longings for a cocktail in Cambodia and another hunt for rhubarb pie in Germany. Feeling ho-hum about your 9-5? Flip open to a page and book a damn plane ticket already. As Andrew reminds us, we don't need a savings account or years of planning to explore the world -- we just need us.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Thoughtful, hilarious, motivating June 5, 2012

By Lindsay LaShell

Format:Kindle Edition

If you have been dreaming about getting out of your routine and into the big world, this book is for you.
If you have already been out in the big world and you enjoy the considerate observations that often come from travel, this book is for you.
If you just can't get away, but hearing about someone else's adventures can take you there, this book is for you.

Andrew tells great stories, he shares big thoughts, and he keeps insisting that long-term, round the world travel is available to just about everyone. Highly recommended!

More About the Author

Andrew Hyde has a passion for community, writing, travel and startups. He has founded three startups (two failed, one sold and his new focus is on travel). With roots in freelancing and design, he can hold a conversation about best interface practices as well as how to build cabins with hand tools. He is also a marathoner, Ironman competitor, blogger and event organizer. He started Ignite Boulder, TEDxBoulder, Startup Weekend and a food/tech/music conference boco

His work has been featured in the NYTimes, NBC World News, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Denver Post, INC, Entrepreneur, Daily Mail, Yahoo! and the Nepal Times, oddly. He has written for Laughing Squid, The Next Web and Read Write Web. He is the author (although mostly in name only) of nine patents with variations of the name "Aggregation of an Aggregation System." What I'm trying to say is that I just hope you are not reading this through an aggregation system, and then aggregating it.

His book "This Book is About Travel" was published in June of 2012.