South Asia

order:
Serge Roetheli's - "The 25,000 Mile Love Story"
3.8
USA

Serge Roetheli

How can a book about a man running around the whole world be so boring?

The 25,000 Mile Love Story | 2000 | 5 years | world | running
Xiao Peng's "Ten Years Of Backpacking"
3.2

Xiaopeng

If this book isn’t badly written, then why is it still bad?

Ten Years Of Backpacking (背包十年) | 2001 | 10 years |  China, The Netherlands, UK, France, Spain, Switzerland, Greece, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Vietnam, Thailand, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Maledives, Philippines, Tunesia, Canada, Tahiti, USA, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia, Russia, UAE, Cambodia, South Africa, | backpacking
Helge Timmerberg's "Shiva Moon"
4.6

Helge Timmerberg

Is it a good thing or a bad thing when a writer starts to write about writing?

Shiva Moon. A Journey Through India | 2005 | 2 months | India | public transport
Christian Y. Schmidt's "Alone Among 1.3 Billion"
2.8
China

Christian Y. Schmidt

Did he have to try this hard to show that he’s a fanboy?

Alone Among 1.3 Billion | 2007 | 3 months | China | public transport
Nicolas Bouvier's "The Way Of The World"
5.8
Iran

Nicolas Bouvier

Is this a great piece of poetic travel writing, or has it been overly polished?

The Way Of The World | 1953 | 2 years | Afghanistan | driving
Nathan Hoturoa Gray's "First Pass Under Heaven"
3.4
China

Nathan Hoturoa Gray

Why does esotericism so often go hand in hand with ignorance?

First Pass Under Heaven | 2000 | 2 years | Great Wall | walking
Vikram Seth's "From Heaven Lake"
6.4
China

Vikram Seth

Is this just an epic journey through China, or does this writer also have mad skills?

From Heaven Lake | 1980 | 3 months | China | hitchhiking
Philippe Valéry's "On The Silk Road"
5.2
Afghanistan

Philippe Valéry

Is this another author who distances himself from his story?

On The Silk Roads | 1998 | 2 years | China | walking
Heinz Helfgen's "I'm Cycling Around The World"
4.4
Brazil

Heinz Helfgen

What were German readers looking for in a travel book after World War II?

I'm Cycling Around The World | 1951 | 2 years | world | cycling
Odorico da Pordenone's "The Travel"
4.8
China

Odoric of Pordenone

Was this a 14th-century fact finding mission or just another medieval mystery tale?

The Travel | 1314 | 15 years | Silk Road | caravan
Sun Shuyun's "Ten Thousand Miles Without A Cloud"
5.2
China

Sun Shuyun

Is this book more about contemplation or more about adventure?

Ten Thousand Miles Without A Cloud | 1999 | 2 months | India | backpacking
Jehan de Mandeville's "The Travels"
4.2
Iraq

Jean de Mandeville

Why is it so much fun to read Medieval travel stories that are at least partly untrue?

The Travels | 1322 | 34 years | Europe, Africa, Asia | caravan, walking, ship
Ji Xianlin's "Wandering Around The World"
5.8
China

Ji Xianlin

Are these travel memoirs worth reading, or has censorship ruined them?

Wandering Around The World (行走天下) | 1934 | 70 years | world | research
Stanley Stewart's "Frontiers of Heaven"
4
China

Stanley Stewart

Is China really that quirky, or do we sometimes just want things to be a certain way?

Frontiers of Heaven | 1994 | 1 month | China | backpacking
Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta's "The Travels"
4.2
Saudi Arabia

Ibn Battuta

Did conservative ethics turn this great adventure story into such a slow read?

The Travels | 1325 | 29 years | Asia, Africa, Europe | ship, caravan