A review by angieinbooks
Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel, by Rolf Potts

2.0

It's not that I didn't find Rolf Potts' tips and advice useful, it's just that I kind of hated him when I read it. I understand that he's advocating for a type of travel experience that's different than the sprint vacationing most people choose to do, and I agree with him. My problem is he's so judgmental about people making a different choice. Gems like this: "Which is the real adventure: spending three grand on a mach-one MiG jet ride over Kamchatka, or spending the same sum exploring the cities and villages of Siberia by train and motorcycle?" His answer isn't: Well, it depends on the person. No, he thinks the right answer is always the latter. And while, yeah, I'd much rather take that train/motorcycle ride, too, but I'm not going to sit here and say it's the "real" adventure. They're both real adventures geared at different types of people.

What saved it from being only 1-star is the extensive tips and reading lists. Some of these may be out of date, but they're probably better reading than this book.