Out There: Thirty Essays on Travel

by Bill Murray

“Bill Murray's beautiful travel writing is as remarkable for its gentle wit as for the quiet sharpness of its commentary. I will confidently place this charming collection on the same shelf as other recent masters of this genre like Chatwin and Theroux." - S. Abbas Raza

Thirty essays from the world’s smartest website, 3QuarksDaily , collected here for the first time. Romps, revelations and ride-it-out gut-checks, come hell or high water.

With reporting
Anguilla
Ascension Island
Borneo
Côte d’Ivoire
East Africa
Estonia
Greenland
Iowa
Karelia
Lapland
Latvia
Masaai Mara
Medieval Europe
the Mekong Delta
Namibia
Nazi Europe
Nepal
Pandemic America
Papua New Guinea
Pass Control
Rapa Nui
Russia
St. Helena Island
Svalbard
Tanzania
Tibet
Ukraine
Zambia

Penetrating, enlightening, worthwhile. Un-put-downable armchair travel.

373 pages, Paperback

Published April 3, 2021

About the author

Adventure traveler and author Bill Murray has visited over 120 countries and territories in 25 years of off-the-beaten-track travel. He and his wife Mirja live on a farm in the Appalachian mountains of Georgia.

Third book just published: Out in the Cold Travels North: Adventures in Svalbard, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland and Canada.

Other books: Common Sense and Whiskey, Modest Adventures Far from Home, a collection of fifteen dispatches from some of the world's most off-beat locations, and Visiting Chernobyl, a considered Guide for Travelers.

Two books are now available as audiobooks narrated by the author, and Out in the Cold will be available soon. Here is Common Sense and Whiskey and here is Visiting Chernobyl, a Considered Guide for Travelers . Please note that the author is NOT the actor Bill Murray.

Visit the Common Sense and Whiskey blog and follow @BMurrayWriter on Twitter. See also the web site EarthPhotos.com, with over 15,000 photos from around the world.