Vagabonding
"Vagabonding - An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel" by Rolf Potts is indeed an uncommon book. The author himself took upon himself, according to the introduction, to write a different book that reflected "himself" and I hope he was successful. The result, however, is a bit of a mess. The book is heavy with quotes, literally hundreds of them, both spread out like separate sidebars and woven (loosely) into the text. These quotes make the text loose its flow and makes it quite hard and annoying to read. The advice itself is decent if not pretty self-evident to anyone who has travelled more, long-term or otherwise (or just have common sense). Every now and then Potts goes into some very interesting anecdotes and stories about what he has seen on his travels but they always end up shorter than you'd wish. Basically the book would have been a lot better and more interesting if the author had explained his advice through examples and anecdotes instead of quotes.
The best parts of the book are actually found on the website[1], all the resources he mentions are listed and updated there. Lots of websites and books suggested that seem like good places to start should you feel like going out in the world. I'm guessing the resources will also be more in-depth than his book so you can concentrate on studying what is most important to you. I really wanted the like this book, it comes highly praised by Tim Ferriss and other "lifestyle-gurus" but it really is not a very good book and the tips and suggestions are so very basic you'd think they are written for someone who hasn't left their home country. For those this book could indeed be of assistance and inspiration but it just wasn't for me. [1] http://www.vagabonding.net/
