Crossing the Shadow Line: Travels in South-East Asia

by Andrew Eames

An illustrated book tracing Andrew Eames' travels in SE Asia as a young and naive Cambridge graduate. He examines how travel influenced his life and growth in the course of describing events including Thai hill-tribes, a monsoon in a tin shack in Malaysia, an Indian holy city and sailing in a junk-rigged prahu across the turbulent Timor Sea. He describes the crossing of his personal "shadow line" between sanity and insanity, youth and maturity.

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, British Literature

224 pages, Hardcover

First published December 31, 1986

About the author

Andrew Eames is a travel writer with his articles appearing in the Daily Telegraph and The Times.

He is an authority on Istanbul and the Nile.

He lives in London with his family.

Reviews

[Mark Thuell · Rating 4 out of 5]

A joy to reread this book after 40 odd years. Well written, bravely honest and still fresh

[Mellius · Rating 3 out of 5]

Boek over de overgang naar volwassenheid als gevolg van een reis door Zuidoost Azië.

Een leuk boek als je zelf daar gereisd hebt, maar verder niet opzienbarend.