I am beginning to grow a huge interest towards the stories of people back in time, and their, for example, travel journals.
I thought travel journals might be a good place to start studying about how the journeys went, when humans had to travel on foot, through the ever threatening wild nature and other humans. Their knowhows, biggest fears, travelling equipments.. Etc.
It is just immensely fascinating for me to imagine how we ventured on with courage and wisdom that have been passed on till then, regardless of physical disadvantages in the mother nature.
So if you please, I would like to know where would be a good place to start to study about the people's journeys back in medieval times (not necessarily only Europe)
Ibn Battuta's travel records, you find them under various titles such as "Travels in Africa and Asia," "Ibn Battuta in Black Africa," and so forth, are excellent. He didn't really travel on foot, though, and I think you might have trouble finding documents by anybody who couldn't afford to ride. Battuta's a pretty interesting guy, though. Not shy about sharing his opinions on the locals, so to speak. If you're familiar with "The 13th Warrior," he definitely has the same vibe as Ahmad ibn Fadlan, although at no point does he become a badass viking warrior.