Favourite Travel Books
Listed below are some of the travel books I’ve read over the years. I’ve included both general travel and travel with pets. Even though some of them may not have included pets, they’ve been inspirational in my desire to travel. (*Indicates my favourites)
- The Bad Girl’s Guide to the Open Road; Cameron Tuttle; www.badgirlswirl.com*
- Take a Seat: One Man, One Tandem and Twenty Thousand Miles of Possibilities; Dominic Gill; www.takeaseat.org*
- An Innocent in Newfoundland: Even More Rambles and Singular Encounters; David W. McFadden
- This is Not the Mainland: Travels in Newfoundland and Labrador; Rannie Gillis*
- Travels with Charley: In Search of America; John Steinbeck.
- Starting Out in the Afternoon: A Mid-life Journey into Wild Land; Jill Frayne.
- Ella in Europe: An American dog’s international adventures; Michael Konik; www.michaelkonik.com
- On Foot Through Africa; Ffyona Campbell
- The Whole Story: A Walk Around the World; Ffyona Campbell*
- Touch the Dragon: A Thai Journal; Karen Connelly; www.karenconnelly.ca
- Hitchhiking Vietnam: A Woman’s Solo Journey in an Elusive Land; Karin Muller
- Walking the Big Wild; Karsten Heuer; www.necessaryjourneys.ca
- Grounded: A Down to Earth Journey Around the World; Seth Stevenson; www.sethstevenson.com
The following were contributed by Rosemary Van Gelderen, London, Ontario
- In a Sunburned Country; Bill Bryson; www.randomhouse.com/features/billbryson
- A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail; Bill Bryson; www.randomhouse.com/features/billbryson (I’ve also read and enjoyed this one)
- The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America; Bill Bryson
- A Long Way Down; Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman (I’ve enjoyed this one too.)
Contributed by Kristyne Ward
- Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World; Rita Golden Gelman www.ritagoldengelman.com
I’ve read many interesting books over the years and will post more titles as I remember them. If you have any book titles to add, please send me the info: