Inspirational Travel Writing

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For some lucky writers, there's a career in writing travel articles or more extended non-fiction books on the subject of other countries and cultures. It sounds like a brilliant way to make a living while indulging your passion for seeing as much as possible of this wonderful planet of ours. Online, as well as in magazine and book form, there are many great spots where writers can enthuse on the destinations that make them feel alive and inspired. No doubt the authors listed below would have embraced the internet when they began to explore the world, if only it had been invented in time!
Graham Greene
Greene was a prolific traveller who covered much of the world, resulting in numerous books and travel articles. He took a philosophical approach to visiting far flung places and his experiences led to him being recruited by MI6. His earliest piece of this kind of writing was entitled 'Journey Without Maps.' Greene embarked on the trip with a certain romance, helped not least by the fact that Liberia (the country he was visiting) wasn't mapped at the time - indeed, the fact that the US government map at the time included a large white space in the interior marked with the word 'cannibals' was probably a fascinating drawcard. Greene's journey took the form of a 350 mile, four week walk through the country's interior. Greene was exploring the country alongside his cousin Barbara who also wrote 'Too Late to Turn Back', and modern readers are often incredibly impressed by the amount of agreement and lack of contradiction between the two.
Ryszard Kapuscinski
The Don of literary reportage, Kapuscinski's travel articles have become respected by readers around the world. Born into poverty in modern day Belarus, Kapuscinski has become one of the most respected Polish writers in the world. Famed for his complex narrative techniques, Kapuscinski's writing helped to elevate this genre from the 1960s onwards. His works covered places as diverse as Ethiopia, in 'The Emperor', Iran and the fall of its Shah in 'Shah of Shahs', and the last days of the Soviet Union which he covered in 'Imperium'.
Bill Bryson
One of the most popular writers of books and travel articles working today, Bryson has penned a large number of bestsellers. Having lived a peripatetic live between his native United States and Europe, Bryson offers a wry and absorbingly anecdotal analysis of various parts of the world, a style that has become widely imitated.