Since 1993, readers have looked to Travelers' Tales for award-winning stories about the world, adventure, spirituality, and the transformative experiences that accompany life on the road. The Best Travel Writing 2008 is the fifth volume in the series launched in 2004 to celebrate the world's best travel writing - much of it never before published - from Nobel Prize winners to up-and-coming new writers. The stories provide a perspective and depth of understanding that can only come from people wh