Doubleday, 2019. — 288 p. — ISBN: 978-1473565548 (ebook). From her first life-changing solo trip to Australia as a young graduate, Rosita Boland was enthralled by travel. In the last thirty years she has visited some of the most remote parts of the globe carrying little more than a battered rucksack and a diary. Documenting nine journeys from nine different moments in her life,...
North Point Press, 2011. — 312 p. — ISBN: 978-0865476554, eISBN 978-1429931106. Jill Fredston has traveled more than twenty thousand miles of the Arctic and sub-Arctic-backwards. With her ocean-going rowing shell and her husband, Doug Fesler, in a small boat of his own, she has disappeared every summer for years, exploring the rugged shorelines of Alaska, Canada, Greenland,...
Summersdale Publishers, 2015. — 321 p. — ISBN: 978-1849537278. It was hitting rock bottom that convinced Lauren to quit her job, sell everything she owned, and travel the world alone. It wasn’t an easy decision: she suffered from debilitating anxiety, was battling an eating disorder, and had just had her heart broken. Not only that, but she had so little life experience that...
Perigee Trade, 2013. — 272 p. For over half a decade, Matt Kepnes (aka Nomadic Matt) has used his massively popular travel blog to teach readers how to travel the world on the cheap. Arguing that traditional travel media lies, Matt cuts through the myth that travel is expensive. How to Travel the World on $50 a Day reveals Matt's tips, tricks, and secrets to comfortable budget...
Summersdale Publishers, 2017. — 160 p. — ISBN13: 978-1849539845. Tips and ideas for travelling the world So you're off to explore the big, wide world: head filled with possibilities and hiking boots laced. But a big trip brings big questions, like how do I go about choosing and packing a bag, how should I handle money abroad, and what the hell do I do when my hostel dorm is...
FSG, 1974. — 226 p. Thirty-eight short short essays in literary journalism datelined Accra, Lagos, Zanzibar, Ngorongoro, Timbuktu, Kampala, Dar-es-Salaam, by a European humanist and novelist. The Africa that emerges from Moravia's observations and insights is ecstatic, archaic, quite literally prehistoric. Encountering an exotic Samburu couple in an Indian shop in Nairobi where...
Seattle: Mountaineers, 1983. — 220 p. — ISBN: 0-89886-023-7. Because recreation and relaxation generally are considered synonymous with getting away from cities and concentrations of people, the populous South Puget Sound seems an odd recommendation for recreation seekers. Yet, for all its density of people, the South Sound receives remarkably little use during prime vacation...
William Morrow, 2018. — 293 p. — ISBN10: 0062823299, 13 978-0062823298. The raucous and surprisingly poignant story of a young, Russia-obsessed American writer and comedian who embarked on a solo tour of the former Soviet Republics, never imagining that it would involve kidnappers, garbage bags of money, and encounters with the weird and wonderful from Mongolia to Tajikistan....
4 edition. — Alpha, 2018. — (Idiot's Guides). There's something uniquely satisfying about packing your bags, mapping your route, planning your campground stops, and hitting the open road, family vacation-style. And when you travel in an RV, you enjoy all the comforts and conveniences of home while you traverse the great outdoors. Fully stocked with suggestions for planning and...
Alpha, 2016. — 192 p. — ( Idiot's Guides). — ISBN: 978-1615648924. Millions of people travel the countryside in RVs, and that shows no signs of slowing down. RVing leaves a smaller carbon footprint than traditional fly/hotel/drive vacations; plus, it's a lot more comfortable and convenient. Prospective RV buyers agree that RVing allows for more family togetherness, a...
Alpha, 2016. — 192 p. — (Idiot's Guides). — ISBN: 978-1615648924. Millions of people travel the countryside in RVs, and that shows no signs of slowing down. RVing leaves a smaller carbon footprint than traditional fly/hotel/drive vacations; plus, it's a lot more comfortable and convenient. Prospective RV buyers agree that RVing allows for more family togetherness, a...
Editors. — Future Publishing, 2018. — 148 p. Planning a backpacking trip is an exciting endeavour in itself, but it can be daunting, as there is so much to think about. The Ultimate Backpacker’s Travel Guide is here to lead you every step of the way, providing tips and advice on everything you need to consider before you set off, from budgeting and packing tricks to...
Skyhorse Publishing, 2013. — 176 p. — ISBN: 978-1626360310. Michael Wigge is on an adventure of a lifetime. The reporter and journalist has traveled to many countries before, but this time he decided to make it more challenging: he would travel twenty-five thousand miles around the world by foot, bus, train, ship, and plane and not spend any of his own money. The journey was...
TJR Publishing, 2020. — 400 p. — ISBN: 978-1838044305 (paperback), ISBN: 978-1838044312 (ebook). Two Rotors: One Planet is Peter's enthralling account of his incredible Three Journeys Round expeditions full of passion, wonderful descriptions, bold aviation adventure and a little jeopardy! In 2016, helicopter pilot Peter Wilson set out on the first of three exceptional aviation...
Atlantic Monthly Press, 2019. — 368 p. — ISBN: 978-0802147325, eISBN 978-0802147332. Following in the footsteps of famed explorers such as Lawrence of Arabia and Wilfred Thesiger, British explorer Levison Wood brings us along on his most complex expedition yet: a circumnavigation of the Arabian Peninsula. Starting in September 2017 in a city in Northern Syria, a stone’s throw...
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