Travel Bookshelf: Cheeky Guides

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Only logical there would be more punk-rock guidebooks out there. Think I'll avoid the Windmill Man if I can.

I'm not sure I'd generalize all guidebooks as boring though. When writing them, I find sometimes the traveler off the bus in Comitan or Plovdiv just wants to know how to get to the center, what's a good $20 deal, and where food's at. The more clever and quirky it's written -- sometimes at least -- the more distracting the the traveler on the ground.

Then again, I swore off nipple clamps.

5-15-2009 @ 11:49AM

Sean McLachlan said...

I agree not all guidebooks are boring, which is why I said "most". I've done my share of guidebook writing too, and it is tough when writing your fiftieth hotel review to add a little sizzle to the prose, but I have to say these books opened my eyes to the conspiracy of silence about nipple clamps in the guidebook industry.

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