Book: Adventures of a Continental Drifter

Posted on August 31st, 2006 by Anna Zhan.
Categories: Blog, Books.

Title: Adventures of a Continental Drifter
Author: Elliot Hester
Genre: Travel
Date Read: August-ish
Anna’s Rating: 4/5

Summary: Hilarious book about backpacking around the world.

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Warning: this book inspires severe “traveler’s itch”.  That said, anyone who enjoys a good adventure across international boundaries will enjoy and, likely as not, relate very well to this book.  I was laughing out loud in my hotel room in Thailand whilst reading it.

The most memorable line, IMHO, came from his time in Brazil: “I went to a riot where a soccer match broke out.”  His perception of the events that unfold around him are great - he has an excellent sense of humor, which is all but a necessary tool for such travel, otherwise you would spend all of your time bitter, miserable, and angry at the entire world.

I should write a book like this.  I could totally do it, I simply lack the funds.  But I think people would enjoy my insanity.  Take a year off from teaching and hit the road…oh, even right now, thinking of it, the temptation stirs within me, a mixture of excitement and queasiness located in between my heart and my gut.  I may yet do it, one day…just waiting to win the lottery.

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