Tony Wheelers Dark Lands

Posted on 06 September 2017 by Tony Wheeler

Greedy Lords, dubious heroes, wicked relations and innocents in peril today s world sounds like a grim fairytale Travelling along the infamous Axis of Evil led to Tony Wheeler s Bad Lands now he s going deeper into the world s darkest corners to explore a rogue s gallery of troubled nations.Every country has its problems, but some problems seem so vexed, so intractable, so absurd, you can only shake your head Tony Wheeler trains his well travelled eyes on some of these places and attempts to understand how things got so messed up Along the way he gets stoned with the thrown variety in Palestine, scores a speeding ticket in Zimbabwe, gets arrested for photographing a bar in the Congo, and visits Osama bin Laden s Abbottabad in Pakistan Join Tony and find out if there s a happily ever after in these tales from the dark side. New Read [ Tony Wheelers Dark Lands ] by [ Tony Wheeler ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr This was a really underwhelming read You get the strong impression that Tony Wheeler only went to these countries in order to write this book there s a sort of ticky box mentality Really good travel writers are also investigators they re visiting a place to learnabout it, or to explore, or even to confirm their own biases and beliefs Wheeler visited just to check it o...A book about the author s travels to 8 countries with serious problems Colombia, D.R Congo, Haiti, Israel Palestine, Nauru, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, and Zimbabwe.Many of these are countries which you don t hear very much about Surrounded in the travel section by scores of books about France and Italy, a book like this will always grab my attention He does a pretty good job of relating a concise history of each country s troubles, and showing what it s like to be a traveler there often A book about the author s travels to 8 countries with serious problems Colombia, D.R Congo, Haiti, Israel Palestine, Nauru, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, and Zimbabwe.Many of these are countries wh...I wish I loved this I appreciate the historical insights Tony gives the reader, but I find that I don t really get immersed in his own adventures he almost doesn t give the reader enough enthusiasm to care.Fascinating and very well written.Each chapter is a travel essay on a country considered a dark land based on being troubled or failed Colombia, Congo DR, Haiti, Israel Palestine, Nauru, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea Zimbabwe made the list for this book his follow up to Bad Lands.It isn t great story telling, there is a lot of seeing the things that need to be seen a little like Lonely Planet guidebook following in general I guess , but there is good summary information on the history of the places he visits, which is p Each chapter is a travel essay on a country considered a dark land based on being troubled or failed Colombia, Congo DR, Haiti, Israel Palestine, Nauru, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea Zimbabwe made the list for this book his follow up to Bad L...This is a good book for those wanting to read about eight Tier 2 Danger countries, many of which do not get a lot of press Basically the gist of the tome is Places aren t as bad as they may appear, but they ain t great either One of these countries, Papua New Guinea, I actually have experience with, and am happy to say he portrays that nationor less accurately A couple of the chapters do bog down, however, with sometimes overbearing detail that doesn t add much to the picture he is This is a good book for those wanting to read about eight Tier 2 Danger countries, many of which do not get a lot of press Basically the gist of the tome is Places aren t as bad as they may appear, but they ain t great either One of these countries, Papua New Guinea, I actually have experience with, and am happy to say he portrays that nationor l...I quite enjoyed reading Bad Lands There s some history, politics, humour and bits about one s travels Which is what I want out of a book on travel Wheeler makes most of the countries he visits seem relatively doable as a tourist destination On the downside though, the book doesn t give us an in depth look at the lives of people living in these places The closest we get to them are a taxi driver, tour guide, etc Looks like Wheeler simply put on his Lonely Planet hat with this one, not that I quite enjoyed reading Bad Lands There s some history, politics, humour and bits about one s travels Which is what I want out of a book on travel Wheeler makes most of the countries he visits seem relatively doable as a tourist destination On the downside though, the book doesn t give us an in depth look at the lives of people living in these places The closest we get to them are a taxi driver, tour guide, etc Looks like Wheeler simply put on his Lonely Planet hat with this o...I enjoyed Tony s explanations over the countries history and his viewpoints, but the narration of his travels was a bit dull The I stayed in hotel X then took a car to Y was uninteresting and his travel style definitely not on a shoestring any.Nevertheless, a good reading if you like travel stories.Here we have several anecdotal stories from famous Lonely Planet Writer, Tony Wheeler s travels to the dark lands of the world If you re interested in current events of the world and how some places became twisted and corruoted, you may find something...An excellent travel book Journey through Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Israel, Palestine, Nauru, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea and Zimbabwe on the adventures of a lifetime I need to visit all of these countries soon

English
06 September 2017

Tony Wheeler