Southeast Asia

order:
Serge Roetheli's - "The 25,000 Mile Love Story"
3.8
USA

Serge Roetheli

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

The 25,000 Mile Love Story | 2000 | 5 years | world | running
Xiao Peng's "Ten Years Of Backpacking"
3.2

Xiaopeng

If this book isn’t badly written, then why is it still bad?

Ten Years Of Backpacking (背包十年) | 2001 | 10 years |  China, The Netherlands, UK, France, Spain, Switzerland, Greece, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Vietnam, Thailand, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Maledives, Philippines, Tunesia, Canada, Tahiti, USA, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia, Russia, UAE, Cambodia, South Africa, | backpacking
Yu Ying's "Go Out And Talk To People About Their Dreams"
3.4
Australia

Yu Ying

Does the Chinese literary world need to train tougher editors?

Go Out And Talk To People About Their Dreams (出发,和每个人谈一次梦想) | 2011 | 5 months | Asia | backpacking
Volker Häring's "A Bus Called Wanda"
3.8
China

Volker Häring

Where exactly is the dividing line between the cultural expert and the ignorant visitor?

A Bus Called Wanda - Adventures In Everyday Life Along The Mekong River | 2003 | 6 years | China | cycling, hitchhiking
Edwin John Dingle's "Across China on Foot"
3.4
China

Edwin John Dingle

How could an awesome feat have turned into an uninspiring book?

Across China on Foot | 1909 | 18 months | China | walking, ship
Heinz Helfgen's "I'm Cycling Around The World"
4.4
Brazil

Heinz Helfgen

What were German readers looking for in a travel book after World War II?

I'm Cycling Around The World | 1951 | 2 years | world | cycling
Odorico da Pordenone's "The Travel"
4.8
China

Odoric of Pordenone

Was this a 14th-century fact finding mission or just another medieval mystery tale?

The Travel | 1314 | 15 years | Silk Road | caravan
Jehan de Mandeville's "The Travels"
4.2
Iraq

Jean de Mandeville

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

The Travels | 1322 | 34 years | Europe, Africa, Asia | caravan, walking, ship
Andreas Altmann's "The Price Of Lightness"
4.2
Thailand

Andreas Altmann

How was an otherwise good travel book spoiled by too much preaching?

The Price Of Lightness | 2005 | 2 months | Southeast Asia | backpacking
Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta's "The Travels"
4.2
Saudi Arabia

Ibn Battuta

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

The Travels | 1325 | 29 years | Asia, Africa, Europe | ship, caravan
Fernão Mendes Pinto's "Pilgrimage"
5
India

Fernão Mendes Pinto

If this is one of the classics of Portuguese literature, why is it such a slow read?

Pilgrimage | 1537 | 21 years | India | ship, caravan