6 travel books to dream

At these times when the world, air traffic and holiday plans are suspended and as a commemoration of Book Day on April 23, today we want to offer you a compilation of 6 books about travel that will invite you to dream of your next adventure.

Senderos de libertad (Paths of Freedom), Javier Moro (Spanish)

In this book Javier Moro relates the fight for the defense of the Amazon jungle through the life of Chico Mendes and the assassin who murdered him. It is a story of struggle to preserve the nature and way of life of indigenous peoples against fierce capitalism and political interests. And all this related on the stage of the largest jungle in the world, with its vastness and its inhabitants who continue to fight today to maintain their identity and customs.

Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer

Christopher McCandless' story became famous in 2007 with the premiere of the movie of the same name starring Emile Hirsch. McCandless was an American adventurer looking for a simple life where he could fend for himself by living off the earth's resources. He traveled through various states as a nomad until he began his adventure in Alaska. The author collects part of McCandless' diary in the book along with testimonies of those who had contact for the last time.

Wild, Cheryl Strayed

In Wild, the writer Cheryl Strayed tells her story. How she decided to embark on the adventure of traveling 1800km of the more than 4000 that make up the Pacific Crest Trail after a bad time in which several negative events occur. The novel was also made into a movie with the same title in 2014 starring Reese Witherspoon. This is a fantastic insider's journey through one of North America's most iconic and spectacular trails.

La Aventura de viajar (The Adventure of travelling), Javier Reverte (Spanish)

Javier Reverte is a writer, journalist and traveler who narrates his travels in this book since he was a child fascinated by the adventure of traveling, going through his multiple trips for his job as a correspondent, until he found himself a chain traveler who cannot abandon the adventure he longed for as a child. In this book you will go through his most extraordinary journeys through his memories.

A walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson

If we traveled one of the most beautiful trails on the Pacific coast of North America in Wild, in this book Bill Bryson walks one of the most impressive on the East Coast: the Appalachian Trail. In his book he tells with his characteristic acid humor, his experience on the road accompanied by his friend Katz. Both without enough preparation or equipment for this adventure. It was also adapted to the big screen in 2015 starring Robert Redford and Nick Nolte.

La vuelta al mundo de Lizzy Fogg (Around the world with Lizzy Fogg), Elisabeth G. Iborra (Spanish)

The author narrates in these books her adventures traveling the world alone. In her books she makes a tour of more than 30 countries in which she tells in a fresh and close way the experiences she lives until she makes the reader feel that he is accompanying her during her wonderful trip around the world. In the second part of the book, the author focuses more on the difficulties or more conflictive situations she experienced, but always trying to leave a good taste in her mouth so that the reader continues to feel like traveling the world.

With this you already have reading for a few weeks. Keep your adventurous spirit alive, we are surely preparing our next trip before we know it.

Are there any other books that have motivated you on your travels? Tell us!