Size of the World

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Summary: Great book !!
Review: There is a great quote from this book: "Strange travel suggestions are like dancing lessons from God." Take the quote to heart and you will find that, like Jeff Greenwald, your travels will be full of wonderfully uprising twists and once in a lifetime experiences! I can't say enough good thins about the book. It enthralled me from cover to cover. I have loaned out my copy so many times that It has come back tattered, full of margin notes, and dog-eared. If travel literature is your thing, this is bound to be a favorite.

Rating:
Summary: Great book !!
Review: There is a great quote from this book: "Strange travel suggestions are like dancing lessons from God." Take the quote to heart and you will find that, like Jeff Greenwald, your travels will be full of wonderfully uprising twists and once in a lifetime experiences! I can't say enough good thins about the book. It enthralled me from cover to cover. I have loaned out my copy so many times that It has come back tattered, full of margin notes, and dog-eared. If travel literature is your thing, this is bound to be a favorite.

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Summary: A book for anyone with insatiable curiosity about the world!
Review: This book describes a voyage around the world that I probably will never be able to take, but am nonetheless intensely interested in. For anyone who wants a glimpse of the earth as a unique and cohesive organism.Along with the author I was able to find, literally, what the size of the world is, traveling it's girth by land and sea once around. It was as if I were along for the ride, experiencing the awe and splendour of far-off reaches plus the dredges as well. The author has a wonderful gift for humor and poinancy, never taking himself too seriously even when in some very serious situations. Never too many words nor too little, it was easy to picture in my mind the places and people he was describing, with all their beauty and flaws intact. The underlying current of a spiritual quest was never over-stated which could have lent a feeling of self-righteousness. Pilgrimages are very personal things, but the way Greenwald wrote of his own could be very easily related to by any thinking person. A book I would highly recommend to anyone with an interest in the world and her people.

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Summary: This deserves SIX stars.....
Review: This is perhaps one of the best travelogues ever written. Contrary to previous reviews, Mr. Greenwald's grasp of Buddhism is quite solid, not resembling a "flirtation" whatsoever. As a fellow buddhist and world traveler myself, I found his trip hilarious and awe inspiring. Travelogues too often times fail in their attempts at being effective personal essays, but Mr. Greenwald hits the nail squarely on the head with this one (as he does with most of his books). Read this and buy his other works too. You won't be disappointed.