This is a book review of Planes, Trains & Elephants by Brian Thacker. Before I had started reading this book, I had attempted to read another travel book that I unfortunately found lacking. So I was hopeful that this book was going to be a fun travel read as well as interesting, and I’m glad to say it was!
Brian is a down to earth chap who enjoys travelling. From hitching a ride on a lorry to a pub crawl around London, each chapter and location was not just interesting, but fun to read.
Brian isn’t scared to tell you about the good and the bad of his trips, which make for a more rich reading experience. Whether he is busy trying to find his camera whilst horseback riding in Mongolia, else trying to not get lost riding a bicycle around Beijing, it was all interesting.
Now admittedly this book covers the experiences of a young male, but I think there is something for everyone. Now if I should find myself in some of the same locations, my experience will be better for reading this book, such as not eating the salad on a Nile cruise!
My favourite chapter was his journey on the ‘Trans-Mongolian’ train ride. I had previously read about this train journey before, but Brian’s was more detailed and interesting.
This book is filled full of fun moments, many of which I found myself laughing out loud. So this isn’t a typical travel book and nor does it pretend to be. It is a fantastic travel book with plenty of humour written by someone travelling on a budget.
So if like me you enjoy reading travel books, especially trips which are more authentic, with plenty of good humour, you should check this book out. Brian has a website www.brianthacker.tv, plus he has written plenty of other books, which I must read sometime.
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