Comments on: Imagine: A Vagabond Story – Book Review

By: Wildjunket

Wildjunket — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:01:15 +0000

Nora! I’m reading Imagine now, and my sentiments exact. I unknowingly get sucked into Grant’s life even thou I feel slightly too old for all the partying. I’m gonna continue reading!

By: theprofessionalhobo

theprofessionalhobo — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:58:26 +0000

@Rachel – I love vicarious experiences!

@Frank – Trust me: I don’t generally figure that early-thirties equates to “old”! But this book indeed made me wonder what I did with my 20s…I was entirely too “healthy”!

@John – Interestingly, Grant sent me an email about the review, and said that his partying days are way behind him now. He too is getting old….at 27 he’s rounding the bend now! (Smiles)

@Dick – (tee hee!) What can I say….

@Kazari – I’ll keep an eye out for the book anyway…..I’m sure it wasn’t a figment of your imagination!

@frugalexpat – Grant said that lots of people have asked what his mother thought….so we’re not the only ones! (Answer: his mother is a very cool cat with hippie roots)

By: Dick

Dick — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:24:12 +0000

You…old ?! Never ! You must be imagining things !

By: frugal expat

frugal expat — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:30:43 +0000

hahahaha.. I love your conclusion..

‘There is just one question that nagged at me most of the time I was reading the book: What on earth did his mother think the first time she read it???’

By: kazari

kazari — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:36:32 +0000

Cool! Sounds like a ripping good read.
I think I’d be wondering about his mother as well…

If you’re looking for similar books, ‘Down and Out in Pnom Penh’ is a good one.
Actually, I take that back. I just went looking for a link to amazon, and that book doesn’t seem to exist. Which is odd, since I know I read it in a backpackers in Margaret River 5 years ago…

By: Dick

Dick — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:55:26 +0000

You, old… !? Never ! You must be imagining things !

By: John Bardos

John Bardos — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:47:18 +0000

I definitely relate Nora. I am going to be 40 soon so full-moon parties and drinking binges don’t particularly interest me. Actually, they never really did.

I think there is a big difference between the 23 year-old traveler taking a year off to party and those choosing to make it a longer term way of life.

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:41:44 +0000

You OLD fogy, 33 is soooo bloody old!

Hey, sun must be finally be shining in your neck of the state —- not too hot for you yet??

btw, great review and it gave me a good excuse to read about your crazy Muay Thai boxing and whiskey drinking night again…..

By: Rachel Cotterill

Rachel Cotterill — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:37:37 +0000

Well, if you’re going to have one ‘experience’ with drugs, reading about it in someone else’s words is undoubtedly the best (safest!) way….