The Pillars Of Hercules By: Paul Theroux Type: Travelogue 1995
 
45% : exciting adventures
Review : A grand tour of the Mediterranean
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comments :  The solitary writer sets off to travel the entire Med coast from Gibraltar
I can relate this a lot; almost always he seems to remain a lonely outsider. He doesn't like any place or culture in particular (except the buildings of Venice). Most places he dismisses as touristy. The places he finds interesting are the really different, especially Albania and war ravaged Slovenia

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