The Best Travel Writing, Volume 11

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The Best Travel Writing, Volume 11 is the latest in the annual Travelers' Tales series launched in 2004 to celebrate the world's best travel writing — from Nobel Prize winners to emerging new writers. The points of view and perspectives are global, and themes encompass high adventure, spiritual growth, romance, hilarity and misadventure, service to humanity, and encounters with exotic cuisines and cultures. Includes winners from the annual Solas Awards for Best Travel Writing.Introduction by Rolf PottsIn The Best Travel Writing, Volume 11, readers Piece together the puzzle of life in rural CambodiaReawaken the joy of travel on a bus ride through MexicoReexamine war memories with former soldiers in VietnamLearn the ropes and the art of sailing with a "good captain" on the PacificFind a true soul sister in the highlands of EcuadorFollow Vincent van Gogh's footsteps in FranceSurvive (or not) a home invasion in Brazil...and much more