![Xiao Peng's "Ten Years Of Backpacking"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/05/TLW-20140516-171606.jpg)
Xiaopeng
If this book isn’t badly written, then why is it still bad?
![Dennis Gastmann's "Walk to Canossa"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-155510.jpg)
Dennis Gastmann
Should travel writers deliberately look for interesting stories or just go with the flow?
![Nicolas Bouvier's "The Way Of The World"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-153319.jpg)
Nicolas Bouvier
Is this a great piece of poetic travel writing, or has it been overly polished?
![Gregor Sieböck's "Wanderer Of Worlds"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-144601.jpg)
Gregor Sieböck
Why is this book only for those who are really into environmentalism?
![Laurie Lee's "As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-144452.jpg)
Laurie Lee
Aren’t less words sometimes better, even if the words are beautiful?
![Joachim Fest's "Contre-jour"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-150535.jpg)
Joachim Fest
Is it possible for a traveler to be too intellectual, and how could this impact his writing?
![Heinz Helfgen's "I'm Cycling Around The World"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-153348.jpg)
Heinz Helfgen
What were German readers looking for in a travel book after World War II?
![Johann Gottfried Seume's "Stroll To Syracuse In The Year 1802"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-144403.jpg)
Johann Gottfried Seume
Why is this book still so awesome after so many years?
![Odorico da Pordenone's "The Travel"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-145415.jpg)
Odoric of Pordenone
Was this a 14th-century fact finding mission or just another medieval mystery tale?
![Tim Moore's "Travels With My Donkey"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-144101.jpg)
Tim Moore
If this was a good writer with a good story, then why did the editors not polish it a bit?
![Heinrich Heine's "Travel Pictures"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-144913.jpg)
Heinrich Heine
Why do these travel stories from 19th century Germany remain so recommendable?
![Jehan de Mandeville's "The Travels"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-150158.jpg)
Jean de Mandeville
Why is it so much fun to read Medieval travel stories that are at least partly untrue?
![Michael Olbert's "Chatwin's Guru And Me"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-150116.jpg)
Michael Olbert
What happened to this otherwise decent book that caused it to be so annoying?
![Patrick Leigh Fermor's "A Time of Gifts / Between the Woods and the Water"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-145907.jpg)
Patrick Leigh Fermor
Is there anything not perfect about this travel book?