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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.

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.

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.

Un curioso y atractivo repaso por la cultura tradicional y contemporánea japonesa en forma de diccionario, que nos presenta un recorrido pormenorizado por el Japón de la antigüedad y por la rabiosa actualidad de una de las culturas más influyentes del presente. En este viaje descubriremos desde el origen los kimonos hasta los pasos de la ceremonia del té o los pormenores de la arquitectura japonesa. Imprescindible para quienes siempre han sentido fascinación por Japón y para quienes deseen un buen punto de partida para empezar a entender su cultura.

Author Kaitlin Silverman offers the inside scoop on food in Chengdu. Culinary tourism is an important aspect of any travel experience. Food has the ability to tell you a story of a destination, its landscapes, and culture on a single plate. Most food guides tell you how to eat like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Eat Like a Local series, this book will give you a food guide from someone who has lived at your next culinary destination.

The "Kingdom on the Roof of the World" with its magical mountain peaks that has preserved its culture and remarkable ancient architecture to this day. A fascinating documentary about Nepal, the land of snow-capped mountains, home to the gods. Pokhara, Kathmandu, Patan, Bhaktapur, Pashupatinath, Bodnath, Changu Narayan, Sankhu, Kirtipur, Chobhar, Panauti, Banepa, Dhulikhel In the shadow of the mighty main ridge of the Himalayas lies Pokhara. Seven freshwater lakes, known as Pokharis, gave the once important trading city its name.

Eat Like a Local: Philippines will give you the inside scoop on eating in the Philippines. Culinary tourism is an import aspect of any travel experience. Food has the ability to tell you a story of a destination, its landscapes, and its culture on a single plate. Most food guides tell you how to eat like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Eat Like a Local series, this book will give you a food guide from someone who has lived at your next culinary destination.

Great Than a Tourist: 50 Things To Know About Nara City by Roger Shitaki offers an approach to discovering Nara from the heart of her ancient origins, local customs, and the natural wonders that envelop her. Most books on Nara will enamor you with deer and places around Nara Park. Although there is nothing wrong with that, Greater Than a Tourist offers personalized insights which connect the dots and smooth the way to experiencing Nara as a synergetic whole rather than a collection of places to see.

This audiobook is about Japanese onsens, which are one of the most popular destinations in Japan. They offer a range of benefits for locals and travelers across the world. In this mini-guide, you will find an easy-to-understand overview on onsens, explanations of how to use onsens for beginners, and best tips on your stay at onsens.

Sam savors every local culture he encounters much like Conan O’Brian and the late Anthony Bourdain—embracing the people, their food, and especially their curiosities. His humor and infatuation with humanity’s diversity fuel each story. Teaching in Korea and Vietnam since 2015, Sam uses his time out of the classroom to explore the rest of Asia. His five-book series, Itchy Feet Travel Tales in Asia, covers his adventures (and misadventures) in Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Russia, South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Travel vicariously with Sam across the Orient. Sam savors every local culture—embracing the people, their food, and especially their curiosities. His humor and infatuation with humanity’s diversity fuel each story. Teaching in Korea and Vietnam since 2015, Sam uses his time out of the classroom to explore the rest of Asia. His five-book series, Itchy Feet Travel Tales in Asia, covers his adventures (and misadventures) in Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Russia, South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Down on his luck and disabled, cancer survivor Matthew Evans had nothing to lose by fleeing the farmsteads of Muscatine, Iowa, at age 21 to pursue his Chinese Dream. With all the makings of a classic folk tale, his curiosity became an epic five-year adventure that would find him homeless, stateless, posing as a professor, imprisoned, deported, and caught in the middle of the 2014 Hong Kong protests. Though it has all the form of great fiction, An American Bum in China is a true story and all the crazier for it.

Das "Königreich am Dach der Welt" mit seinen magischen Berggipfeln, das seine Kultur und die bemerkenswerte antike Architektur bis heute bewahrt hat. Eine faszinierende Dokumentation über Nepal, das Land der schneebedeckten Berge, in denen die Götter zu Hause sind. Pokhara, Kathmandu, Patan, Bhaktapur, Pashupatinath, Bodnath, Changu Narayan, Sankhu, Kirtipur, Chobhar, Panauti, Banepa, Dhulikhel. Im Schatten des mächtigen Hauptkammes des Himalajas liegt Pokhara. Sieben Süßwasserseen sog. Pokharis gaben der einst wichtigen Handelsstadt ihren Namen.

Aage Krarup Nielsen har rejst verden tynd, og han har oplevet de mest utrolige egne og fantastiske befolkninger. Burma er et af de lande, der aldrig har sluppet grebet om ham. Da han i 1942 vender tilbage til "landet med de lykkelige smil", er meget forandret. Anden Verdenskrig er til stede i Burma ligesom i hele resten af verden. Aage Krarup Nielsen begiver sig ikke desto mindre ind i landet og taler igen med dets befolkning for at opleve, hvordan landet har forandret sig i løbet af den tid, han har været væk.

"Siden jeg første gang for en menneskealder siden besøgte Burma og forelskede mig i dette skønne, charmerende land og dets smilende, sorgløse befolkning, har jeg ofte drømt om engang at vende tilbage; men årene gik, og skæbnen førte mig mod andre kyster. Da drømmen nu er ved at blive til virkelighed, er jeg forberedt på at møde et nyt Burma, et frit land på godt og ondt, med lys og skygge, endnu skrammet og skælvende efter krigens ragnarok.

Den danske globetrotter Birgitte Valvanne tilbragte næsten 10 år i Indien, hvor hun blev betaget af både den farverige kultur, indernes hverdag og traditionel filosofi. Gennem årene kom hun i kontakt med alle lag i det indiske samfund. I denne bog giver hun et unikt indblik i det 20. århundredets Indien, som de færreste danskere havde førstehåndsadgang til dengang. Birgitte Valvanne (1899-1979) var en dansk billedkunstner og forfatter.

Whether your taste runs to crocodiles, ancient relics, or flying saucers, you’re sure to find entertainment and illumination in this collection of 21 true travel stories.Join in the author’s adventures as she makes a pilgrimage to see a 2,500-year-old tooth, considers the fate of a three-legged elephant, learns the chilling secrets of the Jamaica Inn pirates, participates in a shamanic ayahuasca ritual, talks alien spaceship propulsion with a SETI scientist, and more.

Zurzeit gilt Thailand als eine der beliebtesten Reiseregionen überhaupt – nicht nur die atemberaubende Landschaft lockt die Touristen in die Gegend Südostasiens, sondern auch die wunderbare kulinarische Vielfalt und die Gastfreundschaft der Thais. Ich habe 2018 zum ersten Mal Europa verlassen und einen September lang dort verbracht und möchte diese Erfahrungen mit Ihnen teilen, denn es steckt weitaus mehr dahinter als ein tropischer Sandstrand und kostengünstige Standards.

Nicht jeder Reisende hat in Tokio sein Herz gelassen. Als seelenlose Großstadt verschrien, wo Arbeit mehr wiegt als Familie und Freizeit (Gesundheit gar), als Abbild einer Konsumgesellschaft abgestempelt, wo jeder Ablauf koordiniert ist und kein Raum für Individualität bleibt – die Stadt spaltet die Gemüter, vor allem bei Besuchern mit wenig Zeit, aber hohen Erwartungen.

Ever since Europeans started exploring the world’s highest mountains and trying to reach their summits in the early 20th century, Sherpas have been an integral part of mountaineering expeditions to the Himalayas. In this anthology curated from his popular Footsteps on the Mountain blog, Mark Horrell explores the evolution of Sherpa mountaineers, from the porters of early expeditions to the superstar climbers of the present day.