{"id":156,"date":"2008-08-24T12:44:10","date_gmt":"2008-08-24T12:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/recommended-travel-books-and-novels\/"},"modified":"2008-08-24T12:44:10","modified_gmt":"2008-08-24T12:44:10","slug":"recommended-travel-books-and-novels","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/recommended-travel-books-and-novels\/","title":{"rendered":"Recommended Travel Books and Novels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    Just about ever traveller leaves home with at least one<br \/>\nbook in their luggage.&nbsp; Apart from the obligatory guide book, having<br \/>\nsomething interesting to read not only makes the flight easier but gives us a<br \/>\ngreat reason to sit in the sun or shade and watch the world go    by.<\/p>\n<p>    Here are some recommended travel    books<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bill Bryson<\/strong>\n<li><strong>Seven years in Tibet<\/strong> by Heinrich<br \/>\n  Harrer &#8211;&nbsp;An astronishing look at Tibet through the eyes of an exhiled<br \/>\n  Austrian during and after World War II.&nbsp; Not only does Harrer become<br \/>\n  excepted by the Tibetans, but he becomes a close friend to the Dali Lama.<\/p>\n<li><strong>Motorcycle Diaries<\/strong> by Ernesto Che<br \/>\n  Guevara &#8211; Gueraras personal diary of his journey north through South America<br \/>\n  with his friend Alberto on their borrowed motorcycle La Podorosa II.&nbsp;<br \/>\n  Witty, funny and well written stories that show Guevaras compassion for his<br \/>\n  fellow South Americans and his want to inprove their quality of life.&nbsp;<br \/>\n  Intereting glimpses of his interest of Communisim. <\/p>\n<li><strong>Into Thin Air<\/strong> by John Krakauer &#8211; A<br \/>\n  shaken Krakauer relives his 1996 climb to the submit of Mount Everest which<br \/>\n  ended in disaster for many climbers.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<li><strong>On the Road<\/strong> by Jack Kerouac &#8211;<br \/>\n  Publsihed in 1957 Jack&#8217;s stories of crossing the US by any means possible show<br \/>\n  an interedting side to the 1940s and 1950s    USA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just about ever traveller leaves home with at least one book in their luggage.&nbsp; 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. 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