Pakled, you mean Riding the Iron Rooster, The Great Railway Bazaar and The Old Patagonian Express? Paul Theroux. Great books. Much more interesting than his novels. I think we've already established we're fans of SF here, but this is still surprising. :-) BTW, Groingrinder, ever read Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs and Steel? History of technology. Really good and interesting.

-- erlik