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Planning to Traveling to Chiang Mai Thailand? This book is designed to help you with your travels around this great city. Chiang Mai is known for its beauty and diverse culture. We include such things as: Recommended Restaurants Activities Lodging Night Life ShoppingChiang Mai offers visitors countless things to do, see and eat. This condensed book has been designed to be user friendly with top rated places to eat, visit, stay, as well as addresses to help you find your way. It also indicates some of the recommended exceptional standouts in each category. These are highly suggested to be ...

Greather Than a Tourist - Chandigarh India, by Jatin Dewan, offers the inside scoop on Chandigarh. This audiobook will give you tips from someone who lives at your next travel destination. You'll discover local advice that will help you throughout your trip.

Greater Than a Tourist - Tokyo Japan, by Paula Danciu, offers the inside scoop on Tokyo.

Stephen Alter was raised by American missionary parents in the hill station of Mussoorie, in the foothills of the Himalayas, where he and his wife Ameeta, now live. Their idyllic existence was brutally interrupted when four armed intruders invaded their house and viciously attacked them, leaving them for dead. The violent assault and the trauma of almost dying left him questioning assumptions he had lived by since childhood. For the first time, he encountered the face of evil and the terror of the unknown.

When Christopher Hunt set off in search of Vietnam's notorious Ho Chi Minh Trail, he hardly expected to end up on a rickety, Russian-made motorcycle navigating 5,000 kilometers of paths rarely traveled by tourists and on roads missing from maps. Hunt left the United States expecting to explore the 1,700-kilometer highway that was once the supply route for the North Vietnamese Army. He soon found himself roaming the Vietnamese countryside in need of help and direction.

On the afternoon of July 13, 1977, having become the first climbers to reach the summit of the Ogre, Doug Scott and Chris Bonington began their long descent. In the minutes that followed, any feeling of success from their achievement would be overwhelmed by the start of a desperate fight for survival. And things would only get worse.

Explore the historic and fascinating Korean Peninsula! Have you ever dreamed of visiting South Korea? Do you wish you knew more about this rich ancient and modern culture? Are you preparing for your own trip to South Korea? If so, this is the audiobook for you! This comprehensive and inspiring audio guidebook presents intriguing and precise descriptions of South Korean life and travel.

Making It Big in Japan is your ultimate guide to living, working, and playing in Japan. The information you get about Japan from reading articles online in English only scratches the surface. Like an outdated textbook, the advice seems to be stuck in the 1980s without reflecting the real pace of change in Japan. There is a need for more clarity and explanations of information that is often only available in Japanese. To fill this gap, I have interviewed the people who influenced me, served as role models, or offered valuable perspectives along my seven-year journey in Japan.

In India's tropical paradise, stands a town wrapped around a giant roundabout, where a canny caretaker with a French connection holds sway. Vying for his attention are two competing neighbours. Appu holds lessons for the living but Maya cares only for the dead. And a gastronome dog plays ball girl to tennis-loving nuns.

This book isn’t your average travel guide—If you’re an “influencer” or looking for your next social media viral moment, DO NOT buy this book. It’s designed specifically for the savvy traveler diving into Japan for the first time. We’re all about soaking up the culture without breaking the bank. Forget shopping sprees; we’re here to create meaningful memories, whether you’re flying solo or with a partner. And let’s face it, at 40 and up, our bodies might not be as sprightly as they used to be, so comfort is important—but that doesn’t mean we’re skimping on adventure...

BANGKOK Looking for the ultimate guide to experiencing Bangkok? Look no further! This comprehensive guidebook is packed with insider tips and expert advice to help you make the most of your trip to Thailand's bustling capital city. Whether you're interested in exploring the city's rich cultural heritage, dining on delicious local cuisine, or partying the night away, this book has you covered. With detailed information on top attractions, hidden gems, and practical travel advice, you'll be able to create your perfect Bangkok itinerary. So why wait? Start planning your dream trip today with ...

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy collides with Alice in Wonderland! An absurdist, escapist comedy fantasy adventure set in modern, traveler friendly Southeast Asia! Go from the wonderfully chaotic streets of Bangkok to the beaches of Bali then a thousand years into the future as our hero Johnny Local- an average guy who just happens to be the hapless target of a centuries old plot hatched by the seven talking animals that actually rule our world -tries to save himself and the universe from total destruction. You, dear reader, get armchair travel, lots of laughs, and that old metaphysical pie...

Unlike most travel guides that all focus on the same few places, this one offers an incredible variety of experiences to choose from. No matter if you're longing to experience Japanese cuisine, hike in the mountains, see ancient temples, or enjoy the vibrant nightlife of Tokyo, there's something for you!

Sal Chong is in a world of hurt living with his future ex-wife in San Jose California. His life is in a rut and he's desperate for a change. He discovers that his friends Tyrone, Veejay and Kato are planning a junket to Thailand and finagles himself an invitation to what will be a landmark and life-changing journey. Thailand is a wonder to the many foreign men (and a consternation to the foreign women) who touch down on Thai soil for the first time, but all is not as it seems at first glance. In Lost and Found in Thailand, author Sal Chong gives a crash course on how to negotiate the ...

Karachi. Pakistan’s largest city is a sprawling metropolis of 20 million people, twice the size of New York City. It is a place of political turbulence in which those who have power wield it with brutal and partisan force. It takes an insider to know where is safe, whom to trust, and what makes Karachi tick. In this powerful debut, Samira Shackle explores the city of her mother’s birth in the company of a handful of Karachiites.

Whether contemplating Tokyo’s odd-shaped bonsai houses, pachinko parlors, chopstick ballet, or the perilous habit of running for trains, the short, personal writings in Beauty and Chaos explore Tokyo from the inside to reveal the city’s deeper meanings and daily pleasures. Part travelogue, part comparative culture, and packed with insights, these sharply observed vignettes tap into the daily mysteries of Tokyo life to reveal what’s beneath the gleaming, puzzling exterior of the biggest city in the world.

Everything that could possibly be wrong with a city was wrong with Calcutta. When Kushanava Choudhury arrived in New Jersey at the age of 12, he had already migrated halfway around the world four times. After graduating from Princeton, he moved back to the world which his immigrant parents had abandoned, to a city built between a river and a swamp, where the moisture-drenched air swarms with mosquitos after sundown.

Greater Than a Tourist - Ahmedabad Gujarat India, by Prajakta Shinde, offers the inside scoop on Ahmedabad. This audiobook will give you tips from someone who lives at your next travel destination.

Greater Than a Tourist - Bangalore Karnataka India, by Mohammed Aamir Ali, offers the inside scoop on Bangalore, located in Southern India.

Greater Than a Tourist: Udaipur, Rajasthan, India Sandra Katarzyna Blawat offers the inside scoop on Udaipur. Most travel guides tell you how to travel like a tourist. As part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this guide will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination. Travel like a local. Slow down, stay in one place, and get to know the people and the culture.