We may still be social distancing due to Covid-19, but staying at home doesn't have to be boring. Read these travel books to cure your wanderlust blues
Just because we can't travel this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, that doesn't mean we can't find another way to quench our thirst for travel.
From watching travel shows on Netflix to following travel accounts on Instagram, why not also pick up one of these travel books to help scratch your travel itch, and offer some inspiration for that next trip?
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1. On the Road by Jack Kerouac (1957)
This semi-autobiographical novel is an American timeless classic. On the Road follows a struggling writer, Sal Paradise, based on author Jack Kerouac himself, as he leaves New York City and goes on a cross-country hitchhiking and train-hopping escapade across rural America. Along the way, he makes friends, particularly Dean Moriarty, who serves as inspiration for his travels.
Set against the backdrop of jazz and poetry, the themes of escape and desire to see the world are recurrent throughout the novel. The novel is written in a narrative diary style split into five parts that will make you feel like you're on the road with Sal.
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