I really enjoyed this book. Mark Twain is a hilarious person, and he skewers both American travelers, as well as the people in the countries they are traveling in, rather mercilessly. There were many times reading this book that I was laughing out loud. The Holy Land section of the book was a bit disappointing, but I think that's what it felt like to him as well. I also cringed a little bit at some of the racism in the book, although given the time period in which the book was written, Mark Twain was probably quite "enlightened" for a Protestant white man. Overall, very enjoyable and an interesting historical piece, given that Mark Twain was part of the first generation of middle class Americans to go traveling abroad.