Recommended Travel Books and Novels

Just about ever traveller leaves home with at least one book in their luggage.  Apart from the obligatory guide book, having something interesting to read not only makes the flight easier but gives us a great reason to sit in the sun or shade and watch the world go by.

Here are some recommended travel books

• Bill Bryson
• Seven years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer - An astronishing look at Tibet through the eyes of an exhiled Austrian during and after World War II.  Not only does Harrer become excepted by the Tibetans, but he becomes a close friend to the Dali Lama.
• Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto Che Guevara - Gueraras personal diary of his journey north through South America with his friend Alberto on their borrowed motorcycle La Podorosa II.  Witty, funny and well written stories that show Guevaras compassion for his fellow South Americans and his want to inprove their quality of life.  Intereting glimpses of his interest of Communisim.
• Into Thin Air by John Krakauer - A shaken Krakauer relives his 1996 climb to the submit of Mount Everest which ended in disaster for many climbers. 
• On the Road by Jack Kerouac - Publsihed in 1957 Jack's stories of crossing the US by any means possible show an interedting side to the 1940s and 1950s USA.