The Mindful Traveler: A Guide to Journaling and Transformative Travel

by J. D. Currie

Release Date: 30 September, 2000

Edition: Paperback

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Very specific Guidelines!

This book has very specific ideas and guidelines, so if you are a more free-flowing kind of person, it could be irritating. I liked the drawings and the general tone of the book. I'll try out the specifics this October when I go to the Mayan Ruins in the Yucatan.

This book'll be one of the most prized tools in my backpack

I read The Mindful Traveler during my subway commute to Manhattan. Last week, on my way home to Brooklyn from the office, I finished it. I was struck by how much it has spoken to me and opened up new ways of thinking and approaching... well, everything.

I bought the book at Barnes & Noble in Union Square one Friday night when I'd just finished deciding that I was going to shed most of my possessions and obligations and go traveling. It was a crisis of sorts, and I'd really reached a point of no return in terms of wanting to transform my life. I bought this book because it offered exactly what I was looking for: a travel guide for the inner-self, drawing on respected eastern philosophy but laced with humor and playfulness, practical tips, and a pretty doable-looking methodology. Something I needed right away, to begin my journey many months before I even started packing.

The book delivered exactly what it promised, and was delightful to read. I couldn't wait to get on the subway every morning! Let me tell you, the commute hasn't been the same since. Now, as I continue to plan my open-ended wandering of the South Pacific and leave everything behind (I'm often pretty freaked about about the idea -- there's that fear of letting everything go, because there might not be anything left), the book this author has shared with us provides me with inspiration and a structured way of turning this life-adventure into a truly meaningful -- and dare I say powerful -- one. I'm [...] excited! Yikes!

This book'll be one of the most prized tools I carry in my backpack.

- HT, Media Producer (soon to be former rat), New York City