false 3526793 1 <I>Marco Polo Didn&#8217;t Go There</I> is a collection of rollicking travel tales from a young writer <I>USA Today</I> has called &#8220;Jack Kerouac for the Internet Age.&#8221; For the past ten years, Rolf Potts has taken his keen postmodern travel sensibility into the far fringes of five continents for such prestigious publications as <I>National Geographic Traveler, Salon.com,</I> and <I>The New York Times Magazine</I>. This book documents his boldest, funniest, and most revealing journeys&#8212;from getting stranded without water in the Libyan desert, to crashing the set of a Leonardo DiCaprio movie in Thailand, to learning the secrets of Tantric sex in a dubious Indian ashram.<BR><BR><I>Marco Polo Didn&#8217;t Go There</I> is more than just an entertaining journey into fascinating corners of the world. The book is a unique window into travel writing, with each chapter containing a &#8220;commentary track&#8221;&#8212;endnotes that reveal the ragged edges behind the experience and creation of each tale. Offbeat and insightful, this book is an engrossing read for students of travel writing as well as armchair wanderers. 3568558 1 9 2008 Marco Polo Didn't Go There: Stories and Revelations from One Decade as a Postmodern Travel Writer total:51|5:10|4:27|3:13|2:1|1:0| 51 199 107 19 0 1 false false Wed Sep 24 09:07:19 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 24 09:22:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Nov 28 10:20:33 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 10:21:08 -0800 2008 While Rolf Potts, one of the finest chroniclers of our time, tells us to be travelers not tourists his stories are testimonies to the discomfort—if not downright terror—this can bring. These journeys take us into the heart of the backpacking culture fit for someone about 25. I enjoyed hit...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 16:46:08 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 22:41:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 01 21:52:19 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 21:57:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Dec 02 10:55:31 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 12:33:06 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 10:55:31 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Feb 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 01:12:31 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 18:49:23 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 05 22:20:56 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 22:23:33 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 06:43:40 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 04:23:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 04:18:45 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 04:20:39 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Nov 25 20:13:53 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 20:14:53 -0800 2008 This is a must read for all of the wandering souls out there.]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Feb 16 21:02:54 -0800 2009 Wed Apr 01 14:31:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 03 08:27:23 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 07 15:24:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 09:01:38 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 09:02:52 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 17:43:16 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 17:43:30 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 02 11:15:40 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 11:17:08 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 10 07:59:11 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 07:59:48 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Aug 15 17:42:07 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 17:42:49 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Dec 25 13:04:56 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 15:59:09 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 13:04:56 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Mon Nov 24 00:51:09 -0800 2008 Wed Jul 29 18:42:14 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Nov 09 12:50:13 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 12:50:13 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3526793