Eastern Europe

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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
Colette Modiano's "Twenty Snobs and Mao"
5.2
China

Colette Modiano

What happens when rich Europeans visit China at the height of the “Cultural Revolution”?

Twenty Snobs And Mao - Travelling De Luxe In Communist China] | 1966 | 1 month | China | tourism
Wolfgang Büscher's "Berlin - Moscow"
6
Russia

Wolfgang Büscher

Will the search for the “Russian soul” ruin an otherwise great book?

Berlin - Moscow | 2001 | 3 months | Russia | walking
Giovanni DiPlano Carpini's "The Story Of The Mongols Whom We Call The Tartars"
5.8
Mongolia

Giovanni da Pian del Carpine

Was it naive to hope for peace with the Khan?

The Story Of The Mongols Whom We Call The Tartars | 1245 | 2 years | Mongolia | caravan
Guillaume de Rubrouck's "Account of the Mongols"
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
Karl Bushby's "Giant Steps"
5.4
Russia

Karl Bushby

Who would have thought it was possible to cross the Bering Strait on foot?

Giant Steps | 1998 | 7 years | The Americas | walking
Johann Gottfried Seume's "Stroll To Syracuse In The Year 1802"
6.8
Italy

Johann Gottfried Seume

Why is this book still so awesome after so many years?

Stroll To Syracuse In The Year 1802 | 1802 | 1 year | Italy | walking
Heinrich Heine's "Travel Pictures"
5.6
Germany

Heinrich Heine

Why do these travel stories from 19th century Germany remain so recommendable?

Travel Pictures | 1822 | 6 years | Europe | ship, walking
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
Sven Hedin's "In The Heart Of Asia"
5
China

Sven Hedin

Are we looking at a career-obsessed explorer or at a blueprint for Indiana Jones?

In The Heart Of Asia | 1893 | 4 years | China | caravan
Michael Olbert's "Chatwin's Guru And Me"
3.6
Greece

Michael Olbert

What happened to this otherwise decent book that caused it to be so annoying?

Chatwin's Guru And I - My Search For Patrick Leigh Fermor | 2007 | a month | Greece | backpacking
Patrick Leigh Fermor's "A Time of Gifts / Between the Woods and the Water"
7
Hungary

Patrick Leigh Fermor

Is there anything not perfect about this travel book?

A Time Of Gifts / Between The Woods And The Water | 1933 | 2 years | Europe | walking
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
Nikolai Mikhaylovich Przhevalsky's "Mongolia and the Land of the Tanguts"
4.2
China

Nikolai Przhevalsky

Is this too much racism even for an imperialist?

Mongolia And The Land Of The Tanguts | 1870 | 3 years | China | caravan
Johann Schiltberger's "The Bondage and Travels of Johann Schiltberger"
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