Lovely, easy read. Very interesting collection of travel columns in anecdotal form. I quite enjoyed reading the author's impressions of the various places.

An interesting little book about the author's impressions of rather off-the-beaten-path places he has visited. It reminded me a lot of Bill Bryson's work. It's the kind of book where you don't have to read it cover to cover at one time. Rather you could pick it up and find a chapter that looked interesting and read it as you want.

A collection of short travel accounts from all over the world, Travel Tales from Exotic Places like Salford is easy to ready and topped with practical information. Julian Worker is looking for off the beaten path locations described in a way that takes you out of your armchair travel comfort zone. The articles look like blog notes and maybe sometimes are deprived from that literary touch that makes the travel writing so entincing and inspiring, but they provide information that can help to set up your travel to-do-list. My favorite parts are covering visits at open/spices' markets.
Good reading recommendations if you are a beginner travel blogger or writer.

Huh, I figured this was a travel book, but usually there's some sort of intro, or something...this one just launches right in! I think this one might be a browser- read the ones that catch your eye when you leaf through the contents. Some stories are interesting, others not so much, but it just might be your mood, too. Nice start if you're thinking of travelling to odd places.

This book was a lovey ramble around some lovely places in the world, unfortunately it could have really benefited with some photos. I greatly enjoy the written world, but found it rather hard to visualize the places, having never been there. They sound so nice and and interesting, very detail directions and, I think, more a keepsake for Julian Worker

Princess Fuzzypants here: If you enjoy eclectic travel books, you will like this one. It takes us all over the world to spots that are a bit off-the=beaten track and writes about them with humour. Sometimes he is almost Bill Bryson-esque. In fact, there were a couple of stories, including the one about the turnip juice, where he is more exotic to the locals than the locale is to him.
It is the sort of book that lends itself to intermittent dipping rather than reading from cover to cover. It certainly will provide a different perspective than the traditional travel tomes if you happen to be heading toward those highly exotic locations- like Salford. Not only will you learn more about the place but it will provide insight into the people and their stories;
Four purrs and two paws up.

For a dedicated armchair traveler this brief volume was a lovely read. Some travel, some write about it, some read about. The author both travels and writes about it, this book features short chapters alternating between observations, interviews and what reads like straight up guide book material. The range of his travels is quite wide and the places visited are both famous and off the beaten track, all described very nicely, albeit sadly with no photographs, but it seems to do the trick of conveying the place to the readers and that’s pretty much what armchair travel is all about. Vicarious thrills. This book covers many locations on several continents, but for some reason (probably due to a very practical brain) it made me really want to go visit Vancouver. Or maybe even move to Vancouver. Very enjoyable quick read, transporting really and no pun. Thanks Netgalley.