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We recently conducted a poll and AbeBooks users voted Travel by Cargo Ship as the world's weirdest travel book. Last published in 1995 and now sadly out-of-print, the book has several memorable pieces of advice, including....
"And, let's admit it, a cabin on a cargo ship on the ocean can also be a dream love nest for a couple looking for an unusual and timeless honeymoon."
"You may also get the chance to play ping-pong, a game which takes on a whole new dimension when the ship rolls or pitches...."
"Casting off and docking are events to be savoured. The entertaining maneuvers of the tugs, pilots climbing like monkeys up rope ladders... How could one be bored with so much to see?"
Finishing a close second is Other People's Business, a guide focusing on Ohio's burgeoning industrial tourism sector. Plan your vacation around tours though Encor-Arundale, America's top lint trap producer, or Continental Hose, "the big player in after-market hoses," after which you will definitely need to drown your sorrows at Anheuser-Busch's hospitality room. In truth there are more diamonds than rough. With some neat ideas including wineries, farms and glasswork or The Middleton Doll Company who produce signed and numbered collectable dolls.
The World's Top 10 Weirdest Travel Books:
Hugo Verlomme (1995)
A container ship packed with self-assembly Ikea furniture has its attractions
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Jane Ware (1993)
Never mind the sandy beaches of Barbados, visit a steel plant in Cleveland
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David Hancock (2006)
A tummy tuck in Thailand, a hip replacement in Hanoi...
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McDonalds Staff (1970)
We're not lovin' this guide to day-trips where the McAuthors hope you've forgotten the packed lunch
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Tony Hawks (2001)
A comedian hitchhikes around the Emerald Isle with a large domestic appliance... what's weird about that?
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Roger M. Knutson (1987)
Was that a raccoon or a rabbit? A guide to interstate road-kill for those long road-trips
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Allen L. Johnson (1997)
The author coldly goes where no cyclist has gone before
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Patricia Brooks (2006)
Celebrity spotting for the morbidly minded
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Joe Lindsay (1997)
A paddle didn't help these travelers
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Eric Anderson (2005)
Eating out, seeing the sights, meeting locals....all in zero gravity
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