In Patagonia

Rating:
Summary: A great read for those who love travel writing with dry wit
Review: What travel writing should be. History, observation and quirky encounters and tales woven together to create a unique form of story telling. With humor as dry as the Sahara the author reveals the unique history, people, geography and climate of Patagonia. This guy makes Paul Thoroux read like Fromer's

Rating:
Summary: An interesting travel book although it dies at the end.
Review: While an interesting read, with good research, and a cast of characters who help move the book along, I was disappointed with the ending which just trailed off. It was as though he became bored with the subject. There was no revelation, no feeling that the journey had taught him anything, and no distillation of this great expanse land. I never even knew what he thought about Patagonia by the end of his journey, or if his journey had changed his perceptions. Nevertheless, for someone who is about to live in BA for three years it was a pleasant primer.