The Best 5 books for the traveler (Part 1 )

 In addition to the fact that you can readily access them while traveling, they make for enjoyable reading just like any other book while you're trying to figure out what to do next or how to go somewhere. useful during the drab and lifeless parts of any journey or if you wish to unwind a little here are the best 5 books for the traveler 

1) Nowhere for Very Long

By: Brianna madia

"One of the best biographies I've ever read was "Nowhere for Very Long"

A woman defined by motion, Brianna Madia bought a beat-up bright orange van, filled it with her two dogs Bucket and Dagwood, and headed into the canyons of Utah with her husband. Nowhere for Very Long is her deeply felt, immaculately told the story of exploration--of the world outside and the spirit within.

However, pursuing a life of intention isn't always what it seems. In fact, at times it was downright boring, exhausting, and even desperate--when Bertha overheated and was forced to pull over on a lonely stretch of South Dakota highway; when the weather was bitterly cold and her water jugs froze beneath her as she slept in the parking lot of her office; when she worried about money, her marriage, and the looming question mark of her future. But Brianna was committed to living a life true to herself, come what may, and that made all the difference.

Nowhere for Very Long is the true story of a woman learning and unlearning, from backroads to breakdowns, from married to solo, and finally, from lost to found to lost again . . . this time, on purpose.

2) The Rough Guide to the 100 Best Places on Earth 2022 (Rough Guide Inspirational)

By: Rough Guide

Beautifully packaged and presented book

From iconic favorites like Monument Valley to up-and-coming destinations like the Azores, Portugal, this updated edition of the Rough Guide to the 100 Best Places on Earth will inspire even the most intrepid traveler. With fifty brand new entries, this stunning photography collection spans dramatic mountainscapes, buzzing cities, and the atmospheric ruins of past civilizations. Over 150 high-quality images bring the 100 places to live, while lively descriptive text accompanies each entry, capturing the destination's spirit and exactly what makes it so special. Organized geographically by region, the book reaches every corner of the world, with each place carefully selected by Rough Guides' experienced team of authors and editors.'

3) The Art of Slow Travel

By: Bhavana Gesota

I found this book to be eye-opening. I've done a lot of traveling, especially in Europe, but it was often the kind of trip that most of us do: trying to fit as much in as quickly as possible. Aside from London, where I briefly resided. I read this book to better grasp what "slow travel" would be like and how to go about it.

Imagine meandering through the markets of Istanbul while sipping endless cups of cay...
Imagine floating down the Nile exploring sites of ritual, power, and mysticism of ancient Egypt...
Imagine being mesmerized by the setting sun casting its glow on the old city of Jerusalem…

Many people dream of experiencing the beauty of the difference in language, culture, and geography around the globe. But fears, doubts, and myths hold them back.. Such as:
It costs a fortune to travel and you need to be retired or a millionaire.
It’s dangerous to travel especially as a solo woman.
It’s impossible to return to your career upon return.
Traveling solo is lonely.
I am too old for this and so on...

In The Art of Slow Travel, seasoned slow world traveler Bhavana Gesota, who has lived in nine countries, worked in seven and traveled to twenty-two more over five continents, addresses all of these concerns and more.
This book, in a step-by-step manner, gives you all the information you need to break away from the rat race, go slow travel and truly see the world on a budget at your own pace.

Whether you want to go on a journey for two weeks, two months, or two years, inside, you’ll discover:

• What is slow travel?
• Budget planning and determining your destination.
• The A-Z of slow travel planning (viz. organizing finances, packing, banking on the road, finding accommodation, making new friends, avoiding common pitfalls, and travel safety).
• Ways to make money while traveling and 'voluntourism'.
• All about overland travel and flights.
• Common cultural faux pas when in an unfamiliar culture.
• Avenues to connect with the local community and dive into the local lingo for an enriching travel experience.
• Reliable tips, helpful tools, and practical advice to travel with peace of mind and save money while traveling.
• Travel anecdotes filled with humor, insights, and lessons learned that will take you on a journey from South America to Africa to Asia over Europe.

Not just planning—The Art of Slow Travel is an unusual travel guide that encourages a perspective of responsible travel, discovery, and personal growth.

A must-have for the travel curious and the budget-conscious, whether you are a solo traveler/traveling with people or an aspiring/seasoned one.

4)  Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted

By:Suleika Jaquad

I frequently refer back to my highlights and related notes to refresh my memory of what I have learned.

In the summer after graduating from college, Suleika Jaouad was preparing, as they say in commencement speeches, to enter "the real world." She had fallen in love and moved to Paris to pursue her dream of becoming a war correspondent. The real world she found, however, would take her into a very different kind of conflict zone.

It started with an itch--first on her feet, then up her legs, like a thousand invisible mosquito bites. Next came the exhaustion, and the six-hour naps that only deepened her fatigue. Then a trip to the doctor and, a few weeks shy of her twenty-third birthday, a diagnosis: leukemia, with a 35 percent chance of survival. Just like that, the life she had imagined for herself had gone up in flames. By the time Jaouad flew home to New York, she had lost her job, her apartment, and her independence. She would spend much of the next four years in a hospital bed, fighting for her life and chronicling the saga in a column for The New York Times.

When Jaouad finally walked out of the cancer ward--after countless rounds of chemo, a clinical trial, and a bone marrow transplant--she was, according to the doctors, cured. But as she would soon learn, a cure is not where the work of healing ends; it's where it begins. She had spent the past 1,500 days in desperate pursuit of one goal--to survive. And now that she'd done so, she realized that she had no idea how to live.

How would she reenter the world and live again? How could she reclaim what had been lost? Jaouad embarked--with her new best friend, Oscar, a scruffy terrier mutt--on a 100-day, 15,000-mile road trip across the country. She set out to meet some of the strangers who had written to her during her years in the hospital: a teenage girl in Florida also recovering from cancer; a teacher in California grieving the death of her son; a death-row inmate in Texas who'd spent his own years confined to a room. What she learned on this trip is that the divide between sick and well is porous and that the vast majority of us will travel back and forth between these realms throughout our lives. Between Two Kingdoms is a profound chronicle of survivorship and a fierce, tender, and inspiring exploration of what it means to begin again.

5)  The Backpacking Housewife

By: Janice Horton 

Today, the response to these and many other issues appear to be as easy as getting your passport, booking your flight, and taking off. I hope you have enough money in your account or a job that will let you work from home. regardless of your age, marital status, or mortgage position. Find a lovely island to relax on while enjoying a coconut from your hammock while taking a break from your daily activities. Amazingly, there are so many memoirs and novels out there now that promote risk-taking and a nomad mindset, and I (at least in part) agree with them.

Lorraine Anderson was meant to be making a Sunday roast, not swanning off to Thailand, backpack in hand! But when she finds her husband and her best friend in bed together there’s only one thing to do – grab her passport and never look back!

Now, with each mile traveled Lori sheds the woman she once was and finds the woman she was always meant to be. A woman of passion and spirit who deserves to explore the great unknown…and to indulge in the temptation she encounters along the way!

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