Back in August we had a post about what lists we should keep along the way. Two of these lists, books and beer (beer was suggested in the comments of that post by my brother-in-law Jeff), have been the most active in the first 6 months on the road. I wanted to write about this now because throughout Vietnam there were many local brews, and these numerous lagers have recently caused my beer list to exceed my book list in length. As of today I have read 28 books, which is pretty much on track with my 1 book a week goal. However my beer list is at a robust 31. And while I do not have a beer goal for this year, I am pretty astounded at the variety of beers I have sampled despite spending the first 2.5 months in Muslim countries.
Below is a cool Amazon widget that displays my 10 favorite books I have read so far. They are a mix of fiction and non-fiction, with even a couple of business books thrown in for good measure.
And here is a picture album of some of the beers I have had along the way. The asterisk captions are my 1-5 star rating of the beer pictured, one (*) being reminiscent of a warm can of Natural Light and five (*****) being a perfectly poured Belgian ale. As you can see, while I have had a good representative sampling, the majority of the beer in the Middle East and Southeast Asia leaves something to be desired. Enjoy the pictures and if you disagree with my rankings lets hear it in the comments below. Here is to better beer in the next 6 months!
*If you click on any of the links above and purchase something from Amazon, we will get a tiny amount of money – hopefully enough to buy another paperback book from Amazon at the end of the year. I’m just telling you this because the FTC thinks you aren’t smart enough to figure this out for yourself.{ 9 comments }
