Review: Maybe I'm too Old?
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 17, 2012
Maybe I'm too old for this book.  It just wasn't what I expected.I'm also divorced after a long marriage, and have also found travel to be a wonderful thing.  I got this book because I am planning on visiting Thailand and Cambodia next year.That said, the book, while well written and interesting, left me feeling kind of sad.  The author doesn't strike me as an adventuress; desperate and frantic were the words that came to me.  I was hoping for an introspective investigation of the countries visited and the changes she went through in them.  There was a little of that, but it seemed to me it was mostly bar and bed hopping.  Distasteful enough in the Gen X'er's she traveled with.  Even more so in a woman in her 30's.Other than the ten day retreat, I didn't find the changes I was expecting, and nowhere did I find good info on the temples, culture or people of these countries.  It was mostly rapturous descriptions of the current young man in her bed.  Yawn.  He's 19 and you're drunk.  C'mon.I also couldn't help but wonder just what she was living on.  How does she support herself?  I mean, 7 months is a long time.  The only thing mentioned is the occasional volunteer position or short term teaching.  Not very helpful to most of us.All in all, it just wasn't what I expected after reading the reviews and description.