Books like Falling Off the Map: Some Lonely Places of the World

I can'ttttt anymore, I'm gonna die of boredom. I was so looking forward to reading this book, but it is SO BLAH! I was expecting more of a travelogue style of writing, not a completely stand-offish overview. The author didn't really get into experiencing these cultures, it seemed. He gave a sentence here and there exchanged with a local at a restaurant or bar, but that was about the extent of it. I just couldn't trudge through the rest. I thought about maybe adding this back to my to-read for later, in case I'm just temporarily not connecting with this book, but I know I will dread ever picking it up again, so I'll just cut my losses.