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In this book, we enjoy a triple feature: excellent writing, fascinating stories, and learning the rich firsthand experience of an American contract helicopter pilot. Sobotta provides a humorous autobiography of his time working and flying on government missions in India, and documents his first year there when culture shock was at its strongest.

Encore enfant, Pierre Loti avait rêvé devant les images évocatrices de la cité d'Angkor. Ce n'est que bien longtemps après qu'il réalise son rêve lorsqu'il fait le voyage d'Angkor en 1901 lors d'une escale.

This book is a guide to walking the downtown streets of Yangon. Here are the stories of the streets and the people that live in them. This book is also about the love of walking, of discovering the rhythms, streetscapes, and hidden treasures of individual streets. Yangon is a tough city, full of hardworking, pragmatic, and generous people.

The immense state of Queensland nearly takes up Australia's entire northeastern quadrant, stretching from halfway up the rough-chiseled east coast all the way to the middle of the Gulf of Carpentaria. With a landmass of 1,727,200 square kilometers, it's the second-largest state after Western Australia, and it encompasses every environment imaginable. To the east, golden beaches and touristy surf towns are cloaked in thick swathes of rainforest and fronted by palm-fringed islands in clear, azure bays.

Who was Dambijantsan?A Buddhist monk; a freedom fighter for Mongolian independence; the descendant of Amursanaa (1723–1757), the Western Mongol who led the last great uprising against the Qing Dynasty of China; the incarnation of Mahakala, the Buddhist god of war; bandit, torturer, murderer, or evil incarnate? During his lifetime no one was sure who he really was, and even today the controversy about his life continues. Born in what is now the Republic of Kalmykia, part of the Russian Federation, Dambijantsen traveled throughout Tibet, India, and China before arriving in Mongolia in 1890 ...

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want to try something new? Would you like guidance from a local? If you answered yes, then this audiobook is for you. Greater Than a Tourist--Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India by Navishta Tayyaba offers the inside scoop on Lucknow. Travel like a local. Slow down and get to know the people and the culture of a place. By the time you finish this audiobook, you will be eager and prepared to travel to your next destination.

Greater Than a Tourist—Ko Samui Surat Thani Thailand by Loraine Couturier offers the inside scoop about this tropical island in the South of Thailand. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this book will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

When it comes to food, Indians have a really different taste from the people from rest of the planet. Like anything and everything else Indian food also depicts different cultures and traditions of Indian civilization. Their food is popular worldwide for its spiciness and it is a fact that the Indian food is prepared with various kinds of herbs and spices. So here are some popular traditional recipes for your complete meals - breakfast, lunch, dinner, desserts, and snacks.

Lori Maddox chooses to spend the year after university travelling and visits China, where she finds casual work as a private English tutor. Back in Manchester her parents, Joanna and Tom, who separated when Lori was a toddler, follow her adventures on her blog. When Joanna and Tom hear nothing for weeks, they become increasingly concerned and travel out to Chengdu in search of their daughter.

In April 2014 Mark Horrell went on a mountaineering expedition to Nepal, hoping to climb Lhotse, the fourth-highest mountain in the world, which shares a base camp and climbing route with Mount Everest. But when a devastating avalanche swept across the Khumbu Icefall, he got more than he bargained for. Suddenly he found himself witnessing the greatest natural disaster Everest had ever seen.

Greater Than a Tourist: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India offers the inside scoop on Mumbai. As a part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this book 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. Travel like a local. Slow down and get to know the people and the culture of a place. By the time you finish this book, you will be eager and prepared to travel to your next destination.

Simon Andrews made the the legendary overland trip known as the "Hippy Trail to India" in 1975. Forty-Five years later comes the true story of that journey and its influence on future life. The difference between being a traveler or being a tourist will depend on why we go to where we go and the reasons for going. The first book is a frank and very honest "Traveler's Tale".

With travel tips and culture in our guidebooks written by a local, it is never too late to visit Saigon City. Greater Than a Tourist - Saigon City Vietnam by Tam Ta offers the inside scoop from the bustling city of Saigon. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this book will give you candid travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want to try something new? Would you like some guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Greater Than a Tourist book is for you. Greater Than a Tourist - Hekinan City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan by Bree Crandy offers the inside scoop on small-town, rural Japan.

Greater Than a Tourist Greater Than a Tourist - Naga Camarines Sur Philippines, by Myke Naval, offers the inside scoop on Naga City.

Greater Than A Tourist - Bohol Central Visayas Philippines, by Bahja L. Roasol, offers the inside scope on Bohol, Philippines. This audiobook will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

At 23, Qin Qin was an unhappy overachiever working for a prestigious law firm. So she quit. She didn't know what else was out there, but she wanted to find out. She changed paths, changed countries, changed her entire view of what the world could be, and who she could be - with some primal screaming and tree-hugging along the way. In the process, she discovered the person she truly was, not who she thought she should be.

Vincent Ebrahim, star of the Emmy and Peabody award-winning The Kumars At No. 42, explores his ancestral home visiting Mumbai, Gujarat, Delhi, Agra, West Bengal, Darjeeling, Kolkata and the Himalayas in this varied and vivid audio diary.

Kaohsiung, perched on Taiwan's southern coast, is "real Taiwan." Kaohsiung is a lot less internationalized and modernized than Taipei -- and that's its charm. The food, especially seafood, is amazing. The temples, night markets, and small restaurants tend to be just quirkier than Taipei's. And the crosswalk signs are creative moving cartoons. Kaohsiung was Taiwan's rust belt a few decades ago, but now is emerging as a hub of culture, art, and technology. The Kaohsiung Experience is the local Kaohsiung. Night markets will be the start of our food explorations, but definitely not the end. ...

Dalat is mountain sunrises, chicken soup, paddle boats, and pine forests. It's where Vietnamese people go to cool off in the summer, or see "European winter" for Christmas. Even in the hottest global-warmed summer, you don't need A/C here. Dalat is Vietnam like you've never seen it. As heavily touristed as Dalat is, tourists miss the best stuff. There's not much written on Dalat, other than the very touristy attractions and resorts. My local advice on in-depth, local Dalat -- always with map links and QR codes -- fills this book. This is Dalat the way I know it and love it. We'll eat UFO ...