The best book on Africa you’re likely to read. Acid commentaries on modern African culture and corruption from the ground…
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Books
Reading is like traveling in itself. You open the pages and someone you’ve never met takes you far away. Actually, that makes it more like hitchhiking but anyway here are some reviews of Road Junky’s favourite travelogues.
Thumbs Up Australia, Hitchhiking Oz by Tom Parry
Thumbs Up Australia, a travelogue about hitchhiking across Oz by Tom Parry.
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Bozo and the Storyteller – How to Save the World
Late at night, over a spliff and candlelight, travelers everywhere find themselves in deep conversations about how to save the…
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Black Earth City by Charlotte Hobson
A year spent in Russia at the climax of Perestroika – funny, poignant and tragic, a gem of travel writing
Read more »Deccan Tamasha – South India on a Motorcycle by Robin Brown
The definitive motorcycle travel book.
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Dust On My Shoes by Peter Pinney
“No, I am not rich. Sometimes I have money, and sometimes not. One becomes lean sometimes, and then fat. One…
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The Names of Things by Susan Brind Morrow
An exceptional, dreamy journey through Egypt, Sudan and the frontiers where words meet reality.
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McCarthy’s Bar by Pete McCarthy
How do you find out whether you’re Irish or not? Well, driving around Ireland and stopping in every bar with…
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Holidays in Hell by P.J O’Rourke
Holidays in Hell is something of a crossover between a travel book, political reportage and P.J O’Rourke telling the world…
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