The Wrong Way Home

I've picked up a few Peter Moore books in my time but I've always put them down again somewhat disappointed. "The Wrong Way Home" is a good example of this. The story of Moore's overland trip from London to Sydney has great promise and he sometimes delivers on that promise (and more), whether it through humour or touching bathos (the then-active Balkans War, for example) but too often I found that Moore relied on easy jokes or attempts to make situations more interesting than they plainly were.

I am impressed though with Moore's ability to almost travel the entire London-Sydney route overland (sadly, no ferries between Indonesia and Australia) and I'm almost suspicious of some of his claims of overland travel. Still, well played to show more Moore, and I read one more of Moore's works before giving up on him. show less

This book quickly hopped to the top of Mt. TBR, since once I get a Peter Moore book in my sights, the rest of the world does not exist.
This book was fabulous, not only is his writing as engaging as it is in Vroom! and Swahili, but he took me through places other travel writers haven't.
Though this trip was ~10 years ago, it was wonderful insight into travel to exotic places like Iran, the former Yugoslavia, Afghanistan and Laos, plus others.
A must read for all travel buffs and PM fans.

Australian writer's story of traveling completely by surface (and there are several points where he's wishes he'd flown!) from London to Sydney. Really funny without ever going over-the-top to exaggerate situations.

Fast becoming my favourite humorous travel writer, very funny and hard to put down