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Let's Get Lost: Adventures in the Great Wide Open
by Craig NelsonSign in to Goodreads to see your friends' reviews of this book.
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Read in November, 2007
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Anyone who loves to travel, even if only from their armchair.
Let's Get Lost is exactly what a travel narrative should be: Funny, insightful, and memorable.
Craig Nelson takes the reader on a tour of the third world, giving advice, describing locations and people, and telling about adventures along the way. Nelson has traveled extensively, and the range of experiences in the book show that quite well.
As a writer, Nelson is concise while almost poetic in his descriptions of the things he has seen. The book could easily be twice the length and st...more
Craig Nelson takes the reader on a tour of the third world, giving advice, describing locations and people, and telling about adventures along the way. Nelson has traveled extensively, and the range of experiences in the book show that quite well.
As a writer, Nelson is concise while almost poetic in his descriptions of the things he has seen. The book could easily be twice the length and st...more
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Read in January, 2002
Chrissy gave me this before I went bumming around Europe and it served as an inspiration for my misadventures there.
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funny and interesting - an overweight texan visits india, s. amer., egypt, africa etc.
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This is a laugh-out-loud book. It's split into small sections perfect for a quick read.
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