1) TRANSCRIBED FROM JOURNAL ENTRIES: The author kept a daily journal that he wrote in every day for four months. The entries were handwritten so that while traveling he could work on the manuscript in coffee shops, on boats, trains, planes, on the beach, etc. 2) AN INSPIRATIONAL TRAVELOGUE MEMOIR for the countless number of people who go to work, come home, cook dinner, and watch Netflix before bed, day and and day out.