Travel writing is journalism which lets the readers traverse the world on sheets of paper. Reading of travel can provide the inspiration and information to set the readers in motion, or it can transport foreign locales right into the readers' living room. The author, by writing travel writing and sharing personal travel experiences, is trying to entertain and involve the readers. The voice of travel writing is very individualistic. Generally, there are three essential elements …showed first 75 words of 872 total…

…showed last 75 words of 872 total…book more thoughtful and fascinating. Therefore, the thoughts of the author are essential in travel writing. As travel writing is a freewheeling device of travel experiences, it also has some other elements to perfect it. However, honesty, revealment of emotion and the author's thoughts about landscape, people and places visited are three essential elements in travel writing. Bruce Chatwin, in his The Songlines, masterly uses these three techniques and creates a believable, fascinating, insightful literature.