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The Tao of Travel

Enlightenments From Lives on the Road
Sep 07, 2011okbookgirl rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I have always been a little exasperated by Theroux's grumpiness in some of his travel writing. He makes me want to say "why don't you let me get on the train in that exotic place? and you go home!" This book shows a more thoughtful, more patient Theroux -- in his travel advice, and especially his manifesto about what constitutes "good travelling". Theroux also includes excerpts from books by a variety of writers - e.g., Greene and Hemingway. This is a book of snippets -- his own writing and others'- about journeys and the very nature of travel. Well worth reading if you sometimes wonder if travel is just another form of consumerism.