What better way to start your trip than to get a well-written itinerary that takes you back in time and allows you to imagine all the possible routes. When we travel, we yearn for expeditions full of adventures and wonderful trails and the best thing that can happen at that moment is a story. We write stories when we go through those wonderful life experiences that teach us something and we want others to learn from what happened to us. Below are some writings that became memorable tales. These are the best ways to kill time while wandering.
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
It is about a convicted Australian-born bank robber who escapes from prison and flees to India. This tale is inspired by real events that change lives. Roberts is accused of armed robberies, but eventually escapes from prison. Changing his name, he arrives in Bombay on a false passport with Prabaker as the guide in tow. They both start the journey of a lifetime when they get robbed, forced to live in slums, protect themselves from a fire, learn Marathi, act in movies, and go into the illegal trade only to hate it all in the end. He explores the interior of India not for spiritual purposes, but for a thrill like never before.
Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
The memoir revolves around the journey undertaken by an author going through a crisis after divorce. He starts out in Italy where he spends his time enjoying the food and then prays for peace in India until he finds love in Indonesia. She travels to close unfinished business in life. Light to read, the book is a life-changing event, meaning traveling helps you grow personally when a strange culture and food takes its toll on you. It portrays the power of traveling in lives when they are in misery.
The Life of Pi by Yann Martel
This fantasy adventure novel is based on Pi Patel, an Indian boy who encounters spirituality and practicality from a young age. He survives a shipwreck after being stuck in the Pacific with a tiger for company in a lifeboat for 227 days. The epic imposes truth as relative while shedding light on Pi’s life cycle in three parts. The first part describes his childhood, the next one discovers his survival instincts to give way to a third in which he rises above misery to become practical and attain spirituality. He teaches her a lesson through the best ending that life moves forward on interdependence and thrives on belief.
Che Guevara Motorcycle Diaries
It traces the early days of the Marxist revolutionary, Che Guevara, who travels to South America with his biochemist friend during his time as a medical student. The odyssey marks his transformation after witnessing social ills. It is a coming-of-age story of a nomadic character whose world is turned upside down by social injustices that lead him down the path of self-discovery. It shows what wanderers can do if you’ve been bitten by the travel bug.
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