{"id":6309,"date":"2021-05-06T18:06:35","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T18:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.canadianbucketlist.com\/?p=6309"},"modified":"2021-06-04T07:06:27","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T07:06:27","slug":"travel-books-to-take-you-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canadianbucketlist.com\/travel-books-to-take-you-places\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel Books To Take You Places"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Until the vaccines win the race against the virus, we’re not going to be travelling like we could. But we can travel in our imaginations, and certainly through the pages of some of my favourite all-time travel books. Although isn’t every book a “travel book?” Transporting us to places near and far, across dimensions in time and space? I confess my library is not nearly the wealth of knowledge it should be, but hopefully this will inspire just the start of your journey into the world of travel literature. <\/i><\/p>\n
Travel Books to Make You Laugh<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Molvania \u2013 A Land Untouched by Modern Dentistry <\/b> Anyone who has ever clutched a Lonely Planet will wet themselves visiting the fictitious eastern European country of Molvania<\/a>. This Spinal Tap for guidebooks looks at hotels (\u201cwhat it lacks in charm it makes up in concrete\u201d), towns (\u201cVajana is a small city divided into quarters, of which there are three\u201d), food (\u201cthis thick liquor is unlike anything you\u2019ve ever tasted, unless you\u2019ve swallowed fabric conditioner\u201d) and activities. A follow up guidebook,Phaic Tan: Sunstroke on a Shoestring<\/a> <\/em>roasts a Southeast Asian country in similar fashion, as does San Sombrero <\/a><\/em>which skewers Latin America . Hilarious.<\/p>\n Our Dumb World<\/a> \u2013 The Onion Atlas of the Planet Earth \/ The Daily Show Presents: Earth<\/b>
\nBy Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner and Rob Stitch<\/i><\/p>\n
\nEvery country in the world gets punished in this gut-busting atlas and compendium that crunches stereotypes with typical Onion and Daily Show wit. Politically incorrect at its best, we learn and laugh at the world, including the \u201cCountries you thought were in Africa\u201d, Czech Republic (Where People Go to Say They\u2019ve Been), and Canada, which in the Onion Atlas is titled: \u201cFor the United States, See Pages 9-22.\u201d Sharp, ruthless, and essential humour with a global twist.<\/p>\n