Best Books To Feed Your Travel Hunger

Best Books To Feed Your Travel Hunger:

Sorry for the delay, been hung up on a book and wanted to see how it ended. Well now that I'm here let's talk about some of the best wanderlust books that certainly quenched my thirst for travel when I was stuck in my room on a rainy day. 

Into The Wild:

Christopher Walt McCandless was a young man that went into the Alaskan wild, leaving his parents and siblings behind, donating all his savings, abandoning his car, possessions and even burning whatever little money he had in his wallet, thus shaking away the shackles of financial security. He went away from the human civilization not because he was a glum recluse or a misanthropist. He was just one of those innumerable youngsters who feel that the answers to the testing questions of Life can be found only far away from Life and not by being in it on a day-to-day basis.

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho:

This book by Paulo Coelho is one of my favorites. 

The story follows a young shepherd boy traveling from Spain to Egypt after a dream tells him he needs to get to Egypt. Along the way, he meets interesting people, learns to follow his heart, go with the flow, and discovers love and the meaning of life. 

Eat Pray Love:

Such honest writing. Loved it. Got very useful tips to learn the art of living. I love how this book changed the life of so many people referred to in the book. A book that not only moves fast but also makes you think about your relationship with yourself and others. Excellent read!

The title is very simple, but it takes you deep into the writer's life, making you examine your own.

Neither Here Nor There:

This is in the Bill Bryson style of travel-writing but not one of his best books. It touches some selected cities, not necessarily the most interesting ones, those ignored by tourists. Europe under one cover is an almost impossible task but Spain and Portugal are missing. Besides chance encounters with locals, he doesn't find any interesting `characters'. 

The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia :

Paul Theroux's book The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia is an account of his journey of Asia through the rail. One of the praise for Paul Theroux reads as 'Theroux's work remains the standard by which other travel writing must be judged' Observer. This book is must read and indeed is a classic.

The Snow Leopard:

A book by Peter Matthiesen, which holds deep reaching lessons for the reader, on understanding the self and the human's relationship with Nature.

The writing is clear, and the adventures, hair raising. Don't be surprised if your dream of mountain sheep and snow leopards. i did. And don't be surprised if you start looking at plans to travel in the Himalayas. I did!

Before Sunrise: 

Having watched the films, I can remember beautiful details of their expressions paired reading these screenplays. It's spell-binding to peek into the world that connects Jesse and Celine in such serendipity. They were truly how two dislodged branches came back together. We all grow through life in the way that they did and reading this creates ripples of deep thoughts as if I am taking a train ride and deciding my what ifs and being in touch with the adventurer spirit inside me.

On The Road:

On The Road is a classic American travel book. It’s the semi-autobiographical story of Sal Paradise (based on Kerouac himself) & Dean Moriarty’s cross-country hitchhiking and train-hopping journey across rural America in the 1940s.