The adventures of Charley Boorman as he travels Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Japan?by any meansUsing quad bikes, hovercrafts, wooden scooters, canoes, paragliders, and of course his favorite mode of transportation?motorcycle?Charley travels through some of the most exotic and exciting countries in the...Read more
The adventures of Charley Boorman as he travels Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Japan?by any meansUsing quad bikes, hovercrafts, wooden scooters, canoes, paragliders, and of course his favorite mode of transportation?motorcycle?Charley travels through some of the most exotic and exciting countries in the...Read more
The master of travel writing at his most elegiac and luminous best tackling an arduous Tibetan mountain and his mother's recent death.In his new book, Colin Thubron travels to Tibet, and takes the pilgrimage route to Kailas, the most sacred of the world's mountains, holy to one fifth of the earth's people, but rarely visited by westerners....Read more
The master of travel writing at his most elegiac and luminous best tackling an arduous Tibetan mountain and his mother's recent death.In his new book, Colin Thubron travels to Tibet, and takes the pilgrimage route to Kailas, the most sacred of the world's mountains, holy to one fifth of the earth's people, but rarely visited by westerners....Read more
Offers an account of plant-hunter and explorer Frank Kingdon-Ward's 1933 expedition to the south-eastern corner of Tibet that was significant for his geographic revelations. This work presents descriptions of the grand mountain ranges he traversed, the hardships overcome and the plants, fauna and people he encountered, along with photographs....Read more
Offers an account of plant-hunter and explorer Frank Kingdon-Ward's 1933 expedition to the south-eastern corner of Tibet that was significant for his geographic revelations. This work presents descriptions of the grand mountain ranges he traversed, the hardships overcome and the plants, fauna and people he encountered, along with photographs....Read more
This guide to Tibet includes new coverage of the Tibetan areas of Sichuan (China), features a chapter on trekking, as well as new itineraries detailing routes and remote destinations for more adventurous travellers.Read more
This guide to Tibet includes new coverage of the Tibetan areas of Sichuan (China), features a chapter on trekking, as well as new itineraries detailing routes and remote destinations for more adventurous travellers.Read more
The fourth in Abbeville's series of unusual, illustrated vacation guides, Bicycling Along the World's Most Exceptional Routes follows the success of Cooking School Holidays in the World's Most Exceptional Places, Spas: Exceptional Destinations Around the World, and Walking the World's Most Exceptional Trails. In this new guide, excursions range...Read more
The fourth in Abbeville's series of unusual, illustrated vacation guides, Bicycling Along the World's Most Exceptional Routes follows the success of Cooking School Holidays in the World's Most Exceptional Places, Spas: Exceptional Destinations Around the World, and Walking the World's Most Exceptional Trails. In this new guide, excursions range...Read more
