Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #30492 in Books
• Published on: 2003-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Customer Reviews

Mostly "Common Sense" Tips
This book might sound full of new and fresh ideas for people who have never really traveled independently in their lives. I am a experienced low budget backpacker myself and find all the material in the book just "common sense", non-inspiring and boringly written. Especially the bullet points and the vagaboding voices look to me only very weak parts, only to bulk up the total number of pages.

Lightweight but enjoyable guide for the uninitiated
Potts' Vagabonding isn't so much a travel guide as a lifestyle guide, an attempt to inspire people to share one man's philosophy on how to live as an independent, mobile anti-consumer. The author preaches a balance of tourism with adventure, seeking friendship with going it alone, planning ahead with being impulsive. Balanced in all ways except perhaps his constant insistence on down-sizing one's life.

Peppered with anecdotes, quotes and common-sense tips, the book has varied ways of communicating but feels like filler at times. Most people who already have an open-minded idea of travelling the world and some experience under their belt will probably find much of the book simply backs up what they already know. Personally I found some small inspiration from the personal stories and general feel of the book, but ultimately was left unfulfilled. Certainly it's a short guide that can be absorbed in one afternoon. It's the younger and newer readers, about to embark on their first flight into the unknown, who will gain the most from reading this book.

Very good guide
written by an American guy in his thirties as to how to travel. Clear and simple, it will help you take off, and give you the confidence to be abroad without over-planning your trip. Highly recommended. I quote him in my book on travel, Travelling Magically: How to Turn Your Journey into a Life-changing Experienceand also recommend an additional two principles too.