I can’t find much to criticise in the basic principles behind James Boyle’s decision to walk to India, relying purely upon the kindness of strangers for the basic necessities of life. I mean, it’s all a bit “fundamentalist” for my liking, but hey… he’s not hurting anyone.
But really, wouldn’t you think he’d do a bit of research beforehand? Maybe kind of figure out that they might speak a different language in some of the countries he intended to pass through? If you’re going to walk right across Europe and Asia, you’re eventually going to have to leave those well-beaten tourist tracks where people speak English. I’m not sure if he was incredibly naive or incredibly arrogant.