Advantages: Well-written and informative Disadvantages: Some adventures are quite tame, some are too extreme
...Ultimate Adventures is a collection, compiled by Greg Witt under the Rough Guide banner of, well, Ultimate Adventures. As I consider myself to be fairly adventurous and well travelled I thought this would be another good addition to my collection of trave ...
Advantages: Expert advice, exceptionally presented, fabulous photos, star rating Disadvantages: Not for us!
...My husband had a brief love of Bear Grylls and decided we were going to start going on some adventure holidays. I gave in to him slightly bemused, and bought him the Rough Guide Ultimate Adventures book. Priced at £16.99 in my local bookstore, it wasn't t ...
Advantages: Intesresting and full of information you wouldn't necessarily get from a normal guide book Disadvantages: None
Russia; what do you think of when you hear the country name spoken? Vodka, fur coats and a country not likely to be on your list of places to see or go to on a short city break? Well for me I think of somewhere a bit different, the Kremlin and snow. Yes s ...
Advantages: Great cultural and historical perspectives Disadvantages: Incessant grumbling of author becomes tiresome
In recent years, China has, for me, lost some of its mysterious aura which has intrigued travelers for years. With the Beijing Olympics not far away, China is starting to open up to the outside world and is now at the heart of all kinds of statistics, use ...
Advantages: Quality writing style, potentially interesting subject Disadvantages: Lack of depth, many digressions
I am often embarrassed to say that I am not a whisky drinker. I feel that this is some great failing in me on a social level. I know very little about whisky and am unable to make more than the simplest distinction between malts; I can tell which are dist ...
