North Africa

order:
4.8
China

Nadine Hudson

Why is it often better for a writer to not put things into perspective?

Serge Roetheli's - "The 25,000 Mile Love Story"
4.8
Argentinia

Serge Roetheli

How can a book about a man running around the whole world be so boring?

San Mao's "Stories From The Sahara"
6.5
Morocco

Sanmao

How did this writer become an archetype for female travelers from China?

Jehan de Mandeville's "The Travels"
5.3
Afghanistan

Jean de Mandeville

Why is it so much fun to read Medieval travel stories that are at least partly untrue?

Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta's "The Travels"
5.3
Afghanistan

Ibn Battuta

Did conservative ethics turn this great adventure story into such a slow read?