Grounded: A Down to Earth Journey Around the World

To me this book seemed more like a blog than the book of a professional writer - you know a journalist who earns a living writing.
It is all bout the journey - there is very little about the destinations, and it is unapologetic about this - even the interludes discuss transport - bikes, motorcycles, cruise liners etc. And it is strong in its anti-plane sentiments.
For all this, it is a quick and light read and it has some amusing parts.

Seth and his girlfriend, Rebecca, decide to circumnavigate the world. But, with one restriction: All travel must be on the ground, with no travelling by airplane. Though the first part of the journey, a trip across the Atlantic on a commercial barge, was horribly slow and boring, the pace picks up once the two begin to move on dry land. Stevenson has a lively sense of humor and the story seems to get better and better as he and his girlfriend move around the world.