order:
![Xiao Peng's "Ten Years Of Backpacking"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/05/TLW-20140516-171606.jpg)
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
![Nicolas Bouvier's "The Way Of The World"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-153319.jpg)
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
![Philippe Valéry's "On The Silk Road"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-144820.jpg)
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"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-153348.jpg)
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
![Guillaume de Rubrouck's "Account of the Mongols"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-150232.jpg)
6.8
Mongolia
William of Rubruck
How is it possible that 750 years don’t seem to leave a trace?
Account Of The Mongols | 1253 | 2 years | China | caravan
![Odorico da Pordenone's "The Travel"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-145415.jpg)
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
![Jehan de Mandeville's "The Travels"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-150158.jpg)
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
![Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta's "The Travels"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-150437.jpg)
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
![Johann Schiltberger's "The Bondage and Travels of Johann Schiltberger"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-150404.jpg)
5.8
Turkey
Johann Schiltberger
Is this guy our average Joe from the Middle Ages?
The Bondage And Travels Of Johann Schiltberger, A Native Of Bavaria, In Europe, Asia, And Africa | 1394 | 33 years | Turkey | ship, caravan, walking
![Fernão Mendes Pinto's "Pilgrimage"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/05/TLW-20140516-171628.jpg)
5
India
Fernão Mendes Pinto
If this is one of the classics of Portuguese literature, why is it such a slow read?
Pilgrimage | 1537 | 21 years | India | ship, caravan