Eat, Pray, Love was a both a critical and commercial success in novel form, appeasing both professional literary critics and Oprah Winfrey as well as topping the New York Times' Bestseller list. Now, , writer Elizabeth Gilbert's chronicle of self-discovery through travel has been made into a movie, with Julia Roberts playing the lead role. The Nileguidance blog points out that both the book and the movie are inspiring people to travel to the locations mentioned in the book in hopes of having some transcendent experiences of their own. Several tour companies have even started to offer Eat, Pray, Love tours. Here's how Nileguidance describes the appeal of patterning a trip after the book: What Eat Pray Love does inspire, however, is the notion that long-term travel is possible, and

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