Vanessa Able

I've been there. Over the course of our 45 year marriage, my wife and I have made 17 trips to India together - weddings, funerals, anniversaries, vacations, personal business. Sometimes the trips lasted only 3 days, other times two months. We always visited with family, mostly in the south, and we always traveled all over the country - by plane, train, bus, chauffeured car, tuk-tuk, elephant, even ox cart. So, reading about Ms. Able's road adventures often struck a chord, and there was a lot in her book that I enjoyed. She writes a good deal about her car, one of the first Nano's, "the world's cheapest car". Too much in my opinion. I wanted to hear about India, not about a car and its tires, scratches, performance. I also thought all the battles with traffic were overdone. They were quite interesting at first but they got boring after a while. I would have liked to hear a lot more on her perspective of the places she saw as she passed through major cities particularly, and even a bit more description of at least a few of the many small towns. India is an incredible place to visit, people everywhere, and always something new to see right around the corner. Somehow I don't think that was captured. So-so.… (meer)