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A journey of the heart! I really appreciated this book for the human interest aspect as well as the extraordinary insights and descriptions. The author's personable style of writing invites the reader into this journey of sights, sounds and meaningful experience.A wonderful book!

"A heartful travel guide" This book, which is filled with human interest observations, gave me an insightful view into the real India and Thailand. I really enjoyed the author'a writing style, which is easy to read while at the same time providing helpful travel hints. I enjoyed the way Charmiene Maxwell-Batten intergrates her personal observations and feelings with a factual and down to earth view of the events and people she encountered.It is a delightful and thought provoking collection of stories.

"Like Eat, Pray, Love? Hear it from the First Wave of the Baby Boom Generation of Spiritual Seekers in India" As a Gen X'er, I've read accounts of the Beatles and other rock stars trekking to India to see the Maharishi, but this account is a terrific account of what it was like for one of the many, many non-celebrity spiritual seekers of that generation. What it is like to bag up your bags and uproot your whole life? Having been to India and Thailand myself, (albeit for a much shorter time) this was also a sweet revisit of some of the same places/experiences, making me wish to go back! India is rapidly changing. I highly recommend checking out this account from an excellent author for an incredibly honest and soul-baring account.

"Enlightening reading!" This book held my interest and couldn't put it down until I had read it from cover to cover. I really enjoyed the human interest observations as well as the informative travel topics. This author captures a spirit of viatlity in all that she sees and the stories come alive.

"A truly touching journey" The author's ability to take you on this journey through India and Thailand, is remarkable. It is the perfect book for a reader who has a busy lifestyle - because you can read just a chapter of this book, and feel content. Each story will transport you into another world - and you can return to your daily work with a fresh perspective. A very insightful book about real people and real experiences.