Piyush Chaudhari Chaudhari itibaren Chipnall, Cheswardine, Market Drayton TF9 2RL, İngiltere itibaren Chipnall, Cheswardine, Market Drayton TF9 2RL, İngiltere

First the good: A very personal account of the author's travels on SAS. I enjoyed his descriptions of the countries, how literature helped him understand the cultures, and his inner journey to better understand his mother's adventurous spirit and come to terms with her death. It made we want to find a way back on the ship! Now the bad: His descriptions of the students is horrifying. I was a student on SAS (though not the same years as the author) and was not a drunken, spoiled rich, hedonistic, sex-crazed, adrenaline junkie. Nor were any of my friends, or the majority of the students on the voyage with me. That's all the author seems to think of the students. There was one paragraph at the end where he mentions a few students he liked, but otherwise his descriptions are very one-dimensional. I can say from experience that most of the students aboard are there for the same reasons as the author, and get just as much out of the journey as he does. I was very disappointed in his opinions - and hope most professors don't regard their students as he does. (Though, to be fair, he doesn't say many good things about the other professors either). I really hope parents don't read this book prior to sending their college-age children on SAS. If this was all I knew of the voyage, I probably wouldn't want my son to go. That would be a real shame, both for my son and for the cause of opening American's eyes to the wider world. Having said all that, I got the feeling that he probably did genuinely like many of the students aboard the ship, and probably agrees that the majority gained a lot from the voyage and their exposure to the many cultures and people they met. I think it was just easier (and more exciting) to include all the salacious stories, and none of the uplifting ones. After all, the book was a very personal one, all the other people (except his wife) were only mentioned in passing. I still recommend the book for those who like armchair travel.

Couldn't finish and I see no hope for near future..