Title: Give it a miss
Product review: The theme of this book is excellent: Brad Newsham wants to travel the world and invite a stranger home to see the US. Having said that, if you ever wonder why the American Traveler (Yanqui, as they say in South America) has a bad name, you should read this book to find out the answer. I've traveled a lot and read a lot of travelogues, and this is easily the most superfluous, pompous and arrogant travelogue I've come across. It's so very judgemental of other cultures from Philippines to India to South Africa and I really had a difficult time seeing past the huge turnoff that is. At the end of the book, the immediate feeling I had was "Boy, I hope I'm not that negative or judgemental about anything, ever" rather than an impression or good feeling about any of the many beautiful places he visited. I'd give it a miss - a good theme destroyed by a bad traveler & writer.
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