What better way to start your journey than with a well-written itinerary that transports your mind back in time and allows you to envision all potential routes? When we travel, we crave expeditions full of surprises and wondrous trails, and the things to do in Marco Island that can happen at the time is a novel.

We write stories because we have great life experiences that teach us much and we want others to learn about what we have forgotten. Listed below are a few pieces of writing that were unforgettable stories. Here are the easiest ways to pass the time if you have wanderlust.

Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts

It's about an Australian-born convicted bank robber who escapes from jail and flees to India. This story is based on true life-changing events. Roberts is charged with armed robbery but ultimately escapes from jail. He arrives in Bombay on a forged passport, accompanied by Prabaker as his guide.

They both embark on a once-in-a-lifetime adventure as they are kidnapped, forced to live in slums, fend off a fire attack, learn Marathi, act in films, and engage in illicit trading, only to come to despise it all in the end. It explores India's inland not for spiritual reasons, but a thrill like no other.

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

The book is about a journey taken by an author who is going through a divorce crisis. She starts in Italy, where she spends her time dining, and then travels to India, where she prays for peace before finding love in Indonesia.

She travels to complete life's unfinished business. The book is a life-changing experience that shows how traveling makes you evolve as a human when an unfamiliar culture and food influences you. It depicts the power of travel in people's lives when they are in a bad situation.

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

This fantasy adventure novel is based on Pi Patel, an Indian boy who is introduced to spirituality and practicality at a young age. He survives a shipwreck after being stranded in the Pacific for 227 days on a lifeboat with a tiger for business. The epic establishes reality as relative thus shedding light on Pi's life cycle in three segments.

The first section is about his upbringing, the second about his survival instincts, and the third about how he rises from his misfortunes to become realistic and spiritual. It tells him a lesson through the best ending, which states that life progresses through interdependence and thrives on belief.

The Motorcycle Diaries by Che Guevara

It follows the early days of Marxist leader Che Guevara, who moves to South America with a biochemist friend while studying medicine. The odyssey represents his transition as a result of experiencing social ills.

It is a coming-of-age story about a nomadic character whose life is turned upside down by social injustices, taking him on a journey of self-discovery. It demonstrates what wanderings can do to anyone who has been infected by the travel bug.

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