How many countries have you visited?
Unlike author Jessica Nabongo, I am a sad traveler
that has only visited three countries, all in North America. I hope to travel more in the future as the kids
grow up.
The Catch Me If You Can is an intriguing memoir of
Jessica Nabongo. Nabongo was taking the
corporate world by storm when she realized she wanted more out of life. She moved to Japan to teach English and from then
on, the trajectory of her life was changed.
She started a blog called The Catch Me If You Can that focused on her travels
and her photography. By 2017 she had a
goal of visiting every country in the world and she did it. She has visited 195 countries and 10 territories.
I found this memoir to be fascinating. I loved Nabongo’s beautiful pictures, but I
also loved the narrative about her travels.
I like how she just went to countries and then organically found cool
things to do. I’ve always wanted to
visit many of these countries and Nabongo made me feel like I could do it. I loved her descriptions of the pyramids, “No
matter how many pictures you’ve seen of the pyramids, nothing can prepare you
for seeing them up close.” I also like
that she gave facts, history, and dimensions on them. For each country she had
fascinating items to share about the country and its people. I also enjoyed the bucket list at the end for
the reader for cool things to visit in each country.
I was scared for Nabongo to visit North Korea, but she
said she was never afraid of traveling there.
“What I found most fascinating about North Korea was just how normal it
felt.” I thought that was fascinating. Overall, that is what Nabongo realized as she
traveled around the world, that people are people. They are “more similar than we are different,”
and that “most people are good.” I
thought it was very inspirational and very positive. I greatly enjoyed this book.
Book Source: A
Review Copy from Hachette Book Group / National Geographic as part of the TLC
Book Tour. Thank-you! I received a
complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are
completely my own.
Sounds like this book would inspire me to travel! I've never been out of the US, but I really want to!
ReplyDeleteI agree, I like how she includes a list of ideas to do in each country, I always feel overwhelmed and really just need someone to tell me where to go and what to do. Thank you for being on this tour! Sara @ TLC Book Tours
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