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| Luxuriate in five star hotels and walk down glamorous boulevards in huge cities where fashionably dressed citizens chase the yuan and... In this unusual memoir and travelogue, a longtime employee of 3M climbs up the corporate ladder and starts traveling the world-for free....
For years, Ferne Arfin has been playing in Provence, a place where Van Gogh spent his most prolific years painting. She draws from her... A detailed guide to every aspect of the destination: history, culture, foods, restaurants, hotels, sightseeing, things to do - written by...
The focus is on areas likely to be most rewarding for tourists (all of China could not be seen in several lifetimes): Beijing &... Eastern China is the country's boom-belt and its heart is the Pearl of the Orient, Shanghai, a city which was recently wonderfully...
Fly into Hong Kong and spend a few days discovering its diverse attractions -from shopping in bustling Kowloon to hiking along one of the... Arrive in Beijing and spend a few days soaking up the Imperial sights -the Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palaces and the Great...
Janet Arrowood is a long-time and frequent visitor to Southeast Asia. Huge lakes, tremendous waterfalls, elephant rides, jungles,... This book is extracted from our much larger guide to Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia, and it focuses on Cambodia primarily. Janet Arrowood is a...
Here is a guide to the most amazing city in Thailand, perhaps in all of the Far East - Bangkok - and to all the surrounding sites. This... "Amblers, hikers, beachcombers, power walkers, and anyone who likes to experience the Caribbean with their feet: this book's for you."...
This enchanting hideaway is set around the attractively revamped city of Guilin, in the heart of rural Guangxi Province. Yangshuo, a... Phuket - a tropical paradise jammed with endless pleasures and treasures - has long been Thailand's top tourist destination. And Thailand...
See India through the eyes of the maharajas, The maharajas no longer rule, but throughout India their magnificent palaces remain to... A translation of a Francois Bernier's written account of his travels and observations in the 17th-century Mughal Empire. Bernier was a...
James Fisher combines the strengths of technical anthropology, literary memoir, and striking photography in this telling study of rapid... Thirty years after the epic journey chronicled in his classic work The Great Railway Bazaar, the world’s most acclaimed travel...
Paul Theroux, the author of the train travel classics The Great Railway Bazaar and The Old Patagonian Express, takes to the rails once... This book discusses the varied geographical aspects of Southeast Asia, an area that has long been of interest to geographers and other...
This book discusses the varied geographical aspects of Southeast Asia, an area that has long been of interest to geographers and other... Recounting his two-year, 3,000-mile kayak voyage from Japan's bamboo forests to the tundra of Siberia and Alaska, Turk--in the thrilling...
This book presents for the first time a sociological analysis of the cultural phenomenon, the Taj Mahal. It describes many of the tourist... Originally published in 1935, this a translation of the original Chinese text. The book follows Ch'ang-Ch'un through the crowded Chinese...
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