I Should Have Stayed Home: The Worst Trips of the Great Writers

I love travel and have had a few bad experiences, i.e. robbed by Gypsies in Dublin, two day flight delay in Iceland, pursued by a coconut carving junkie in Tobago, but nothing compares to the misadventures of these writers. Other reviewers have complained that the writing is uneven, but that’s ok. It’s like meeting strangers in a bar in a foreign country who are telling you the “Guess what happened to us” story. The tales are thrilling and you can suffer vicariously with those who have been stranded in war zones, assaulted by orangutans, had falling outs with their travel companions, and been forced to bribe border guards. It makes missed flights and lost luggage look like a cakewalk. Enjoy from the safety of your armchair or show more throw it in your bag as you hike the Andes. show less

Entertaining, but the quality of the writing varies widely. Good beach read, and especially good read if you're stuck in an airport and feeling sorry for yourself. Others have had it a lot worse.

With lots of different contributors, "I Should Have Stayed Home: The Worst Trips of Great Writers" is really uneven. There are a couple of gems in the book... but most of the stories weren't terribly interesting.

I had hoped this would be better, but just ten years after buying it -- which is not that long in book years!] -- I'd clean forgotten about it.

I don't know if there's a story about Indonesia in this book.