I concur. There's been a little too much Tall Poppy Syndrome getting about.
I read the criticisms long before i read the book and (although it won't win a Pulitzer) i thought it was a tougher trip than the naysayers made it out to be. Sure, they should have left the back-up vehicle behind, (i think they'd agree in retrospect) but Mongolia and Siberia are not easy places to travel through by most accounts.
Save your vehemence for the likes of Bush, Blair and Howard who are much more evil and much more deserving of it.
Sean
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