This is a very different kind of travel story, and one I think I might have enjoyed more as an audio book because he was an excellent story teller. This followed Nixon non-chronologically from his time working at a hotel through his time doing study abroad, working in Paraguay and Nicaragua to his time in the Navy where he was stationed in Japan. Definitely different kind of. travel writing. I enjoyed his stories very much, especially as I don't think I've ready any writing from returned Peace Corps volunteers. I enjoyed the stories of the people he met, his colleagues, his guides and all around him.