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Travel A Long Way Back Stories of Travelling Home eBook Michael Fraiman

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There are two ways to reach Canada from East Asia a short way back, and a long way. This is the story of one couple who took the long way home—four months of trains and buses stitched together by one-way flights and scenic detours.

It's a collection of pure travel stories in Brunei, witnessing the contrast of the golden mosques against burnt-down water villages; in Malaysia, meeting a karaoke DJ with dreams of pop stardom; in India, haggling with a Varanasi silk peddler fluent in seven languages; in Iceland, glimpsing a faint aurora borealis from a remote farm on the edge of the world.

This is a book for lovers of the erstwhile Paul Therouxian, Jan Morrisian travelogues neglected by a world of blog diaries and listicles. It's a book about the essence of travel, embracing the fact that good travel is hard, and indulging in it allows you to appreciate home in a way you never could before.

Travel A Long Way Back Stories of Travelling Home eBook Michael Fraiman

Loved it! I ordered a new wire for my kindle (my pet rat ate my last one) just so I could buy a copy. :)

Product details File Size 948 KB Print Length 225 pages Publisher Michael Fraiman (January 28, 2016) Publication Date January 28, 2016 Language English ASIN B01B8ADI2C

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Travel A Long Way Back Stories of Travelling Home eBook Michael Fraiman Reviews

Loved the first chapter about life in Korea. Good times, looking forward to reading on. Dave H
Michael Fraiman has a knack for dropping you into wherever or whatever he is writing about. I've followed his writing for various publications over the years and am happy that he has put his stuff together into a book. He's always smart, interesting read.
The book chronicles the journey of Michael and his girlfriend V from them leaving North America to live as ex-pats teaching English in South Korea to their return journey home via Asia and for Michael alone an extended stay away from home by taking in Europe too.

Michael writes mainly through his eyes, although you do get the impression that V shares his impressions - some quotes or points of view from V would have been nice though.

Michael is clearly a 'sight person' with splendid vividly colourful descriptions of people, places and food.

I would have liked to read more description of feelings, smells, noises, tastes etc to get a fuller picture and to feel as if I was really with them on their protracted journey.

The book is pretty much divided into two halves, Asia and then Europe with the home-coming providing the end.

I have to say that I enjoyed the Asian section the best. This may well have been due to their being more scrapes and mini disasters plus more eccentric characters to describe in this region rather than the more familiar and predictable (to me) events experienced in Europe. A non-European could well have a different view.

I found myself unable to put down the iPad when reading the early chapters, but was therefore less enthusiastic as the book wore on.

I was totally able to relate to being ill in a third world country and to massive frustrations when travel plans go awry. The incident regarding the Indian visa was hilarious, but again I would have liked Michael to explore the couple's feelings about the situation in greater depth so that I could feel all the inner turmoil with them.

Many of Michael's adjectives and metaphors are superb and I like the quirky way that he gave all the characters that he met along the way a nickname relating to their traits, mannerisms or appearance.

There are a few typos along the way (that however did not detract from the text) and I also found Michael slipping into a combination of past and present tense in the same paragraph on a few occasions - minor distractions, but distractions all the same.

My final observation is that I would have liked to have seen some pictures along the way to illustrate some of what I was reading.
Loved it! I ordered a new wire for my kindle (my pet rat ate my last one) just so I could buy a copy. )