Overland Echoes
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AlbakiReads Editorial A diary-based record of overland travel before mass tourism
A diary-based record of overland travel before mass tourism
Built from Adrian Barnes’s rediscovered diaries, slides, and postcards, Overland Echoes retraces journeys begun in 1980, when he left England for an extended period of travel. The book charts an overland route from London to Australia and a return journey through Central America, preserving observations from an era the author contrasts with today’s internet-guided, mass-market travel. Its perspective is shaped by the practical independence of backpacking and by places encountered before major tourism development altered many routes and coastlines. Alongside the itinerary, the narrative frames these journeys as formative experiences whose surviving records later became a personal archive.
Good fit for readers who enjoy
- Travel-memoir readers interested in 1980s overland journeys
- Backpackers and independent-travel enthusiasts
- Readers curious about pre-internet travel culture
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Overland travel1980s travel historyBackpackingMemory and personal archivesChanging tourism
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Book Overview In 1980 I left the comfort of family, friends and a good job in England to embark on a series of overland adventures; adventures that wou...
In 1980 I left the comfort of family, friends and a good job in England to embark on a series of overland adventures; adventures that would ultimately take me around the world. I had the privilege of experiencing international travel before the advent of mass tourism. In a time before Lonely Planet and Google drew the maps, every trip was an exploration. It was an amazing time to travel. It was a time when most Indians rode on bicycles, the Turkish coastline of the Mediterranean wasn't packed cheek-by-jowl with apartment blocks, and backpacking was the only way to reach many exotic destinations. I was lucky to experience a time before mass air travel, before the internet, before the sameness that permeates so many places now. These early experiences of travelling shaped the rest of my life. What I took away from this time of adventure were my memories, boxes of slides, and a pile of travel diaries. The diaries languished in the bottom of a box for years, unread. But I rediscovered them, in later life, when I turned to sorting through my accumulated possessions. In my diaries, I found a detailed journal of overland travel in the 1980s; a record of adventures that can no longer be experienced. This book revives those memories of carefree adventure. It describes a journey from London to Australia overland and back through Central America. An account based on the diaries I wrote, the slides I took, and the postcards I collected. It grows out of those faint echoes of overland travel.
Book Details Format: Paperback | Pages: 464 | Language: English | Publisher: LIGHTNING SOURCE INC | ISBN: 1763636224
FormatPaperback
Pages464
LanguageEnglish
ISBN1763636224
EAN9781763636224
PublisherLIGHTNING SOURCE INC
Publication Date2024-09-30
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeQUALITY PAPERBACK BOOKS
Weight1.22 Pounds
Length8.27 Inches
Width5.83 Inches
Height0.94 Inches
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