Comments on: What lurks on the youth hostel bookshelf? http://matadornetwork.com/nights/what-lurks-on-the-youth-hostel-bookshelf/ travel culture worldwide Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lucie http://matadornetwork.com/nights/what-lurks-on-the-youth-hostel-bookshelf/#comment-99669 Lucie Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:17:00 +0000 http://matadornights.com/?p=5513#comment-99669 So true about the Swedish manuals!!! OK, not a hostel but I remember stumbling into a second-hand bookshop on Jalan Jaksa in Jakarta and it was full of air-conditioning maintenance manuals and similar stuff... But hey, at least the books were mostly in English. So true about the Swedish manuals!!! OK, not a hostel but I remember stumbling into a second-hand bookshop on Jalan Jaksa in Jakarta and it was full of air-conditioning maintenance manuals and similar stuff… But hey, at least the books were mostly in English.

]]> By: Lucie http://matadornetwork.com/nights/what-lurks-on-the-youth-hostel-bookshelf/#comment-99670 Lucie Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:17:00 +0000 http://matadornights.com/?p=5513#comment-99670 So true about the Swedish manuals!!! OK, not a hostel but I remember stumbling into a second-hand bookshop on Jalan Jaksa in Jakarta and it was full of air-conditioning maintenance manuals and similar stuff... But hey, at least the books were mostly in English. So true about the Swedish manuals!!! OK, not a hostel but I remember stumbling into a second-hand bookshop on Jalan Jaksa in Jakarta and it was full of air-conditioning maintenance manuals and similar stuff… But hey, at least the books were mostly in English.

]]> By: Lucie http://matadornetwork.com/nights/what-lurks-on-the-youth-hostel-bookshelf/#comment-99671 Lucie Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:17:00 +0000 http://matadornights.com/?p=5513#comment-99671 So true about the Swedish manuals!!! OK, not a hostel but I remember stumbling into a second-hand bookshop on Jalan Jaksa in Jakarta and it was full of air-conditioning maintenance manuals and similar stuff... But hey, at least the books were mostly in English. So true about the Swedish manuals!!! OK, not a hostel but I remember stumbling into a second-hand bookshop on Jalan Jaksa in Jakarta and it was full of air-conditioning maintenance manuals and similar stuff… But hey, at least the books were mostly in English.

]]> By: Lucie http://matadornetwork.com/nights/what-lurks-on-the-youth-hostel-bookshelf/#comment-99672 Lucie Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:17:00 +0000 http://matadornights.com/?p=5513#comment-99672 So true about the Swedish manuals!!! OK, not a hostel but I remember stumbling into a second-hand bookshop on Jalan Jaksa in Jakarta and it was full of air-conditioning maintenance manuals and similar stuff... But hey, at least the books were mostly in English. So true about the Swedish manuals!!! OK, not a hostel but I remember stumbling into a second-hand bookshop on Jalan Jaksa in Jakarta and it was full of air-conditioning maintenance manuals and similar stuff… But hey, at least the books were mostly in English.

]]> By: Tim aan't Goor http://matadornetwork.com/nights/what-lurks-on-the-youth-hostel-bookshelf/#comment-62647 Tim aan't Goor Mon, 15 Nov 2010 21:08:01 +0000 http://matadornights.com/?p=5513#comment-62647 Dear travelers, I noticed that some of you agree with the idea to remove ''one hundred years of solitude'' of the hostels' bookshelves. Myself i'm an inhabitant of the imaginary town, Though i'm one of those europeans who loved to travel, a couple of years ago i decided to settle down and start a business in Aracataca. Macondo? Yes Aracataca, the land where Garcia Marquez was born and where he grew up to feed his imagination... If you did not like 100 years of solitude I challenge you to take another look at it, to find out that there's not so much fiction as you thought... Macondo is real, it's in the heart of Aracataca. I invite you all to come down to the Gypsy Residence, where we'll help you to discover Macondo in the heart of Aracataca.. It is real, it is magnificent and it openes up a whole new world for you. Macondo is not a place, it is a state of mind which allows you to see what you want, and how you want to see it... I challenge you. Tim Dear travelers,

I noticed that some of you agree with the idea to remove ”one hundred years of solitude” of the hostels’ bookshelves. Myself i’m an inhabitant of the imaginary town, Though i’m one of those europeans who loved to travel, a couple of years ago i decided to settle down and start a business in Aracataca. Macondo? Yes Aracataca, the land where Garcia Marquez was born and where he grew up to feed his imagination… If you did not like 100 years of solitude I challenge you to take another look at it, to find out that there’s not so much fiction as you thought…
Macondo is real, it’s in the heart of Aracataca.
I invite you all to come down to the Gypsy Residence, where we’ll help you to discover Macondo in the heart of Aracataca..

It is real, it is magnificent and it openes up a whole new world for you.
Macondo is not a place, it is a state of mind which allows you to see what you want, and how you want to see it…
I challenge you.
Tim

]]> By: Vinnie http://matadornetwork.com/nights/what-lurks-on-the-youth-hostel-bookshelf/#comment-60402 Vinnie Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:34:08 +0000 http://matadornights.com/?p=5513#comment-60402 Also Howard Marks' Mr. Nice seemed pretty ubiquitous in SE Asia when I was there. Along with The Life of Pi. Both good but not worth re-reading at every single stop. Also Howard Marks’ Mr. Nice seemed pretty ubiquitous in SE Asia when I was there. Along with The Life of Pi. Both good but not worth re-reading at every single stop.

]]> By: JoAnna http://matadornetwork.com/nights/what-lurks-on-the-youth-hostel-bookshelf/#comment-60264 JoAnna Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:02:45 +0000 http://matadornights.com/?p=5513#comment-60264 Regarding "100 Years...", I think it's a book you pretty much have to read in one sitting, otherwise it's easy to get lost and bored. I read it on a flight from Chicago to Seoul, throughout the week in Korea and finished it on my way back to the U.S. Had I not read it that way, I don't know if I would like it as much as I do. Regarding “100 Years…”, I think it’s a book you pretty much have to read in one sitting, otherwise it’s easy to get lost and bored. I read it on a flight from Chicago to Seoul, throughout the week in Korea and finished it on my way back to the U.S. Had I not read it that way, I don’t know if I would like it as much as I do.

]]> By: Adam http://matadornetwork.com/nights/what-lurks-on-the-youth-hostel-bookshelf/#comment-60266 Adam Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:51:09 +0000 http://matadornights.com/?p=5513#comment-60266 Great round-up of books! I love Marquez & Hundred Years of Solitude as well, but I'm with you—it took me a few tries before I didn't feel lost. Great round-up of books! I love Marquez & Hundred Years of Solitude as well, but I’m with you—it took me a few tries before I didn’t feel lost.

]]> By: Linda http://matadornetwork.com/nights/what-lurks-on-the-youth-hostel-bookshelf/#comment-60267 Linda Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:12:01 +0000 http://matadornights.com/?p=5513#comment-60267 I always feel kinda dumb or that I'm missing something because I didn't fall in love with "100 Years..." Fortunately, I've met others who say the same. And you! I always feel kinda dumb or that I’m missing something because I didn’t fall in love with “100 Years…”

Fortunately, I’ve met others who say the same. And you!

]]> By: mason in mississippi http://matadornetwork.com/nights/what-lurks-on-the-youth-hostel-bookshelf/#comment-60293 mason in mississippi Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:53:54 +0000 http://matadornights.com/?p=5513#comment-60293 kerouac is always good. kerouac is always good.

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