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Plan your next day out!

Advantages: Lots of imaginative ideas for things to do and unusual places to visit
Disadvantages: Some entries can also be found in other books in the series

...£12.99. Available from Amazon for £7.79 (new) Other books in the series are: 1000 Things for kids to do in the holidays 1000 Things to do in London 1000 Things to do in London for under £10 1000 Things to do in New York ...

Clayeree 21.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of 1000 Things to Do in Britain - Time Out Guides

Not just for Borat

Advantages: A good read about a little known subject
Disadvantages: None I can think of

...of those countries that we in the west still know relatively little about, and that is how this book begins. Author, Christopher Robbins, begins by explaining how his idea for the book came about purely by chance. He was on a flight to Moscow, and was sat next to an American from Arkansas. This man was on his way to Moscow to change flights, and to head off for a new life with his new internet love in Kazakhstan. The men discussed their knowledge ...
...this. His travels start in quite a light-hearted fashion. I was amazed to find out the Kazakhstan is heading up for the same size as the whole of Western Europe. He briefly mentions the infamous Borat – and how we have all bought in to his image as Kazakhstan is such an unknown quantity. It wouldn’t have worked half as well had we known about Kazakhstan, or for that matter, if it had been fictitious country. And then he takes up his first challenge ...

nicolap 17.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of In Search of Kazakhstan: The Land That Disappeared - Christopher Robbins

Walking Through The Machair Flowers!

Advantages: Advantages: Brilliant book full of detail and history.
Disadvantages: Disadvantages: Some travel details are now dated.

Regular readers of some of my reviews may know that I adore the all islands of Scotland. In particular I have a special affection for those in The Outer Hebrides; I love their remote landscape and their white empty beaches, and most of all I love the peace and quiet and escape they give, away from the hustle and bustle of daily life. When I first visited these outer islands in 1996 I was extremely ill, and having just been in hospital with a viral ...
...that the holiday I had planned was going to be anything but the energetic mountain walking trek I had envisaged. I sat in the car for most of that holiday watching hubby and my 4 then young children flying kites and dipping in and out of the surf. I was enjoying the scenery, and seeing them with the back drop of mountains and a seascape which was turquoise and white, really made me fall in love with the beauty and the serenity. They really were treasured ...

Violet1278 16.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of 25 Walks: The Western Isles - June Parker

Another side of Che Guevara

Advantages: historical everyone has to know
Disadvantages: has no much actions

orget the revolutionary with a gun and wind back a few years time in January 1952, at the time before a political cause, when a young medical student named Ernesto Guevara (Gael García Bernal) - later called fuser - make a note of a road trip she made with her friendly, biochemist Alberto Granado (Rodrigo de la Serna), to find America - South America's. Armed with little more than an asthma drug under the hood and puppy for his girlfriend, he sets ...
...bring them to maturity and the first turmoil of political idealism. Photo Copy This sounds very reasonable for all, but, though partly by serving as a documentary about the social problems faced by political communities in South America at that time, the Walter offers more drama than a political stance. First of all this is going to come-of-age story, as we see Che and Alberto overcome the possibility of motorcycle "that the oil leak, tents and no ...

kangical 16.11.2009 · Read full review

Review of The Motorcycle Diaries - Che Guevara

Tripping down California's Highway 1

Advantages: Mentions places of interest which you might otherwise miss, cheap too.
Disadvantages: Written in 2003/2004 so some prices / information might be slightly outdated

In June 2007 my husband and I took a fly drive holiday to California. Being the kind of person who’s almost anal in their preparation for any holiday, I started scouting around for books to take with us months beforehand. This was one that I bought, I think from Waterstones, who had the best selection of travel books I could find. With only 64 pages, (three of which are the index) it’s not as bulky as the usual Lonely Planet guidebooks, but it’s ...
...supposedly one of the most beautiful drives in the world - the wonderful Highway 1 in California. The most northerly town this covers is Fort Bragg, about halfway between San Francisco and the Redwood national Park to the north. The most southerly is Laguna Beach in Greater Los Angeles. There’s a small paragraph describing each town, followed by sections headlined Sights & Activities and Sleeping & Eating. Most Towns then have an On the road section ...

kevin121 14.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of California Highway 1 (Lonely Planet Road Trip) - Paige Penland