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Explore travel
destinations all over the world. When you're ready to do some traveling
of your own, be experimental by taking some advice from the experts at
Lonely Planet. (Click on the book cover or title to link to library holdings information.)
Joe Bennett moved to New Zealand 15 years ago to teach for a year, but found he did not want to leave. He decided to hitchhike his way around his adopted home to see what it was that was so special about the place. Along the way he meets some interesting characters that only add to the country's charm. He delves into the country's history, politics and way of life as well as discussing his strategies for successful hitchhiking. Readers enjoy Bennett's writing style and admire the way he can make the smallest thing sound interesting.
As a travel writer for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel Thomas Swick has written stories about Vietnam, France, Hungary, and places all over the United States. This collection of essays celebrate the diversity of his work and reveal his love for doing the stuff every traveler lives for - meeting new people, hanging out with the locals, and seeing the sights. Swick's essays will make you want to travel and his insightful descriptions of places will almost make you feel like you've been to these places yourself.
Gimlette traces the steps of his great-grandfather, a missionary doctor who traveled through Newfoundland in the 19th century. Along the way he describes the history of the place and details its rugged beauty. Like most other enjoyable travelogues, the reader is introduced to some interesting inhabitants of the place the author ran into on his travels. But it is Gimlette's descriptions of the physical setting that make this book so enjoyable.
Throw out all your preconceived notion of what it means to travel. In this Lonely Planet guide, it is not the destination, but the methodology that is the object of your travels. For example, try Poker Travel. Get four friends together and roll the dice. The high roller gets to choose the destination, the second highest chooses the date of travel, the third highest chooses the type of accommodation, and the loser pays for the trip. Other interesting chapter names in the book include: Rent a Tourist, Nostalgia Trip, Human Chess, and Monopoly Travel. Intrigued?
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