tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post2037121803953275028..comments2024-02-07T09:39:13.250-10:00Comments on Over the Hill: the Books and Stuff: The craft of travel writing.JOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-2130818413236347882012-10-02T21:55:04.188-10:002012-10-02T21:55:04.188-10:00Thank you, Trish. Isn't it exciting that there...Thank you, Trish. Isn't it exciting that there's so many different approaches to this wonderful craft of travel writing! And I so agree - reading novels, by local writers if you can, is an important a way of learning about a country as a Lonely Planet!JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-48999832647386682782012-10-02T11:34:46.954-10:002012-10-02T11:34:46.954-10:00Thank you Jo, for your lovely comments on Journey ...Thank you Jo, for your lovely comments on Journey in Bhutan. Like you, I am fascinated by the varying approaches taken by different writers to the same places or experiences, but I think it is less to do with the extent of travel experience than with background and attitude. Although it is set in entirely a different place, it's particularly interesting that you compared a novel - I have said elsewhere (in a guest post on @TerreBritton's inspiring blog Creative Flux), that to understand a place well, one should read not only good travelogue but novels by writers who know the location and culture intimately. Another interesting comparison is that some people like to read everything they can before a trip, others prefer to go uninfluenced, and read on their return.Trish Nicholsonhttp://www.trishnicholsonswordsinthetreehouse.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-39684401677761352982012-09-30T02:38:03.988-10:002012-09-30T02:38:03.988-10:00Thank you, Ros - I think there's a huge differ...Thank you, Ros - I think there's a huge difference between what we can manage in travelling terms and from the books we read. It was a jolt to read something difference, and crazy - very different from most travel books I read - but an important reminder that we all see the world differently, and that our ideas and energies change over the years.JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-11051328818318002052012-09-28T23:36:20.952-10:002012-09-28T23:36:20.952-10:00Of course I need jolting out of the familiar. I...Of course I need jolting out of the familiar. I'm the biggest coward when it comes to travel. I think you're wonderful to have wandered so far around the world. If I were to try it out, it would have to be with a very safe itinerary and a courier I could rely on... last of the great adventurers, that's me!Rosalind Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05363027308436257933noreply@blogger.com