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Make the Most of Your Time on Earth (Rough Guide Reference) by: Rough Guides List Price: $29.99 City Travel Guides Price: $19.79 You Save: $10.20 (34%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 910.2 EAN: 9781843539254 ISBN: 184353925X Label: Rough Guides Manufacturer: Rough Guides Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 608 Publication Date: October 01, 2007 Publisher: Rough Guides Studio: Rough Guides Sales Rank: 6387 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Product Description: Make the Most of Your Time on Earth: A Rough Guide to the World with 1000 must-do experiences from around the world, Make the Most of Your Time on Earth is a book that will inspire everyone. Perfect for both the seasoned traveller and the armchair dreamer, it brings you the very best travel experiences - extraordinary landscapes, jaw-dropping architecture, white-knuckle adventures, and the world’s best beaches. From Intrepid travel adventures such as trekking to the source of the Ganges, cycling the Karokoram Highway and hiking Corsica’s GR20, to suggestions for the perfect places to stay- have you ever tried sleeping in a yurt in Inner Mongolia or chilled out at the Icehotel in Sweden? For amazing wildlife why not look for lemurs in Madagascar or go platypus-watching in Australia. Don’t forget the world’s most spectacular festivals including Queen’s Day in Amsterdam, Trinidad carnival and the camel fair in Pushkar. Whether you are tempted by living in an African village or tagging dolphins on the Spanish coast, there’s all manner of ethical travel experiences to keep those feet itching! The very best things to see or do, and not before you die, but now. Customer Reviews
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 Rating: - Much better than 1000 Places to Go Before You DieWe have both books, the 1000 Places to Go Before You Die and this book. This one is much better, because it focuses much more on experiences rather than shopping and staying at fancy hotels. The other book seems like half advertising. Sure, the experiences might not all be my cup of tea. I won't be doing any extreme sports, and I won't be partying now that I am a mom. However, there is something for everybody, the pictures are compelling and the descriptions are opinionated, evocative and short. Rating: - Dream on!I buy a lot of books from Amazon, especially books on travel. This is hands down the best purchase I have made in that genre. The descriptions are great, there is lots of valuable information, and the photography is wonderful. I would say that this is a book that will give you many, many good ideas, but you will need to depend on other more specific guidebooks for the actual planning (Lonely Planet and Footprint are what I prefer). As an aside, I also purchased the "World Party" book that too is published by Rough. There is some repetition, but on the whole I think that the two books compliment each other quite nicely. If I were choosing between them, I would probably select this volume. After all, there is more to life than parties...or ... Read More: Rating:  - Great reminder...I simply bought this book to remind myself that there is so much to see around....... The recommendations of the book are really good. I've been to several of them, and those are worth it. Rating: - Fantastic Tome Ripe with IdeasIf you're looking for a reference book on travel ideas, look no further! This book is beyond excellent. I am currently researching for an extended round-the-world backpacking trip with my son. I spend a lot of time in bookstores taking notes. This book, however, was so full of excellent info that I actually bought it, despite my strict budget. It is one of the best travel investments I have made so far. It is arranged in chapters, each dealing with a specific region, such as the Iberian Peninsula, Southeast Asia and even the Polar Regions! In each region are listed fantastic and interesting things to do there. There is a great variety: from walks on castle walls in Wales to walks on hot coals in Greece, from Christmas shopping ... Read More: |
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