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The World's Most Dangerous Places by: Robert Young Pelton, Wink Dulles, Coskun Aral |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 910.202 EAN: 9780062737380 ISBN: 0062737384 Label: HarperCollins Canada / Wellness Manufacturer: HarperCollins Canada / Wellness Number Of Pages: 1022 Publication Date: 2000-06 Publisher: HarperCollins Canada / Wellness Studio: HarperCollins Canada / Wellness Sales Rank: 342677 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: From Amazon.com: The indispensable guide for the intrepid adventurer -- a book some governments don't want you to read. Pelton, a professional adventurer, and Aral, an international war correspondent, have created the only travel guide to danger and adventure. Everything you need to know about the world's hot spots -- Bosnia-Herzegovina, Liberia, Rwanda, Peru -- is right here, from the inoculations required and dangerous holidays to pencil onto your calendar to the addresses of intelligence organizations and political activist groups. If you're raring to go where angels fear to tread, this book could save your life. Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Great BookJust about the only book I know of that tells you what is REALLY going on. My favs were the U.S. presidential election and all of israel. "So blowing up buses with a suicide vest is terrorism, but shooting civilians with helicopters is not... get the picture?" I loved it. And as to the small print guy. GET A LIFE. You honestly can't find something better to do than to diss books because of the size of their print? Rating:  - The font is too small...I like his books, and his forums. But the font size is too small. Not everyone can read such small print. I think everyone should agree with me on that one. I'm hoping everyone will join my action group F.L.U.F.F.E.R. (For Larger User Friendly Fonts Everyone Reads) And Mr. Pelton is not Indiana Jones, as I've had to tell my son, but a foul-mouthed, ill-tempered, crotchety, Canadian curmudgeon. I would recommend anything with his name on it to be used only for people in the R-17 range. Rating:  - Some interesting details, too much rantingRYP, who admittedly is an interesting traveler/journalist, unfortunately mistakes his stamp-laden passport as sufficient qualification to fill 1000+ pages with rants. The first 200 or so pages have brief, interesting chapters on topics like dangerous jobs, diseases, bribes, kidnapping, and other hazards faced by people eager to enter rough locales. The remainder of the book is made up of 15-40 page summaries of about 30 countries, including recent history, political climate, demographics, local dangers, and sources of health care. There are useful tidbits here, but you have to grit your teeth through the long, sarcastic tirades about every political figure and government mentioned. Most if not all of them deserve a hefty amount of criticism ... Read More: Rating: - Making fun of Lonely Planet...This is the political incorrect stepbrother of Lonely Planet. Lonely Planet give you tip who needs visa to enter a specific country, where to stay and so on. Comebackalive isn't into that stuff, more tell the history of the place and general recommendations. Rating: - Excellent information for real and armchair travellersRobert Young Pelton and his staff at DP have compiled a hefty (1000 + pages) travelouge of the most dangerous places in the world, rated from 2 stars (bad rep) to 5 (be afraid - be very afraid.) The book, in a word, is marvelous. Some of the information is common sense ("don't flash your cash"), but much of it is extremely valuable - from carrying a "drop" wallet (with photos, a little cash and cancelled credit cards) to foil theives, to how to avoid landmines and what to do if approached by stoned, armed, pre-pubescent soldiers (as is too common in many parts of Africa.) The first third of the book details how the rest of the world isn't as "dangerous" as one may be led to believe; the remainder ... Read More: |
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