This was the wrong book to pick for a light Christmas time read. Hoffman shares snippets of tragic crashes between chapters as he tries the transportation on for size. I felt uncomfortable with someone playing with the tragedy of someone's real life for kicks. When Hoffman returns to the US, the poor he finds there disgusts him. I felt he put the Third World masses on a special saint pedestal, when he even admits that he had special treatment as a Western white male on his travels. I thought it was an excellent read. Hoffman documents his five-month world tour using the same conveyances used by most people around the world; his joy in discovering that he was accepted for not travelling like a rich American, and his sorrow at being separated from his wife and children, his loneliness, his "otherness". This was another book which exposes the reality behind the glossy travel brochures.
fascinating...a little over-romanticized but very well done. a 9 out of 10. i couldnt put it down
—yana23
I haven't read a book in one day for ages! A great read for the road trip home from Chicago.
—Quintyn
Similar to EAT, PRAY, LOVE but with a crazier journey and less soul-baring along the way.
—Mari
Loved this book
—Ashley
