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"As a teenager, Kate Harris realized that the career she craved--to be an explorer, equal parts swashbuckler and metaphysician--had gone extinct. From what she could tell of the world from small-town Ontario, the likes of Marco Polo and Magellan had mapped the whole earth; there was nothing left to be discovered. Looking beyond this planet, she decided to become a scientist and go to Mars. In between studying at Oxford and MIT, Harris set off by bicycle...
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With the wind screaming in her ears and the rain dripping down her face, author Daisy Bugarin looked up at the headlights of an oncoming motorbike. Was this really how her life in Shanghai would end? Two years ago, she could have never imagined that saying goodbye would hurt this much.
A Pearl Worth Diving For focuses on the trials and triumphs of living abroad. Join Bugarin on the adventures and misadventures of life as a foreigner and understand...
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¡Bienvenido a Seúl, la capital de Corea del Sur, la patria del kimchi, el teléfono inteligente y la espiritualidad!
¿Cree que los templos budistas, las iglesias cristianas y la alta tecnología no son para usted?
Piénselo otra vez, ¡Seúl y su región lo complacerá!
Nuestra eGuía Viaje le hará cambiar de opinión.
Lee a su propio ritmo y navega por fotos, sitios o intereses.
Somos Cristina y Olivier Rebière. Hemos viajado por el mundo,...
4) Séoul et sa région: Vibrante capitale asiatique avec de beaux temples, parcs et quartiers modernes!
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Bienvenue à Séoul, en Corée du Sud, la patrie du kimchi, du smartphone et de la spiritualité!
Vous pensez que les temples bouddhistes, les églises chrétiennes, la haute technologie et les paysages apaisants ne sont pas pour vous?
Détrompez-vous, Séoul, la capitale de la Corée du Sud, va vous plaire!
Notre eGuide Voyage Experience va vous faire changer d'avis.
Lisez à votre rythme et feuilletez par photos, sites ou intérêts
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The author describes his experiences during an expedition to East Africa to uncover the secrets of a near-mythical breed of man-eating lions, as they attempt to prove that these unique, maneless lions are direct descendants of their prehistoric ancestors.
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North Koreans could change the world. Today their country can annihilate South Korea and Japan. By 2020, their aim is to have submarine-launched missiles able to nuke the US mainland.
So who are the North Koreans? What do they think and feel? Are they belligerent automatons, indoctrinated by years of propaganda, with fingers hovering over trigger buttons? Or simply ordinary men and women who have been shaped by fear or national idolization, willing...
7) Travels Through Central Africa to Timbuctoo and Across the Great Desert to Morocco Performed in T
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Travels through Central Africa to Timbuctoo and across the Great Desert to Morocco performed in the year 1824-1828, Vol. II is a travelogue written by René Caillié, a French explorer who made a journey to Timbuktu and back in the early 19th century. In the second volume of his work, Caillié details his return journey from Timbuktu to Morocco, covering a distance of approximately 3,000 miles. He describes the people and cultures he encounters along...
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Tess Tynan is travelling in Tibet, the highest plateau on earth, when the Land Cruiser she is travelling in leaves the road and plunges into an inaccessible gorge as she is flung out. Regaining consciousness in a hermitage built into the cliff face, Tess finds herself in the care of a kind and compassionate Tibetan Buddhist monk. When she thinks she's well enough to leave, she discovers that the path out is blocked and won't be reopened for three...
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Un voyage dans ce que la Corée a de plus authentique.
Vie quotidienne, relations familiales et professionnelles, loisirs, histoire, langue et écriture : 17 thèmes pour appréhender la culture de la Corée du Sud, avec des références à des termes spécifiques de la langue coréenne.
Grâce à cet ouvrage articulé autour de 17 thèmes, laissez-vous séduire par la Corée du Sud et apprenez à appréhender la culture de ce fascinant pays.
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Super Cheap Japan is the ultimate budget travel guide to Japan, full of the most useful, up-to-date information for a cheap holiday in Japan. With extensive tax-free shopping, crazily discounted train passes and an unbelievable exchange rate, there has never been a better time to visit. Unlike other guides, this book shows you exactly how, where and when you can save money. Go shopping for $4 clothes in Tokyo, enjoy inexpensive hikes in Nikko, or...
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Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Kenya is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Travel through ancient lands to witness some of the world's greatest wildlife spectaculars, climb a volcano or two, or sail in a magnificent dhow to seemingly unknown islands; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Kenya and begin...
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In June 2016, Rodrigo Duterte won the Philippine presidential election by a landslide. Infamous for his bombastic temper and un-PC wisecracks, he is waging a brutal drug war that has killed more than 12,000 people so far.
Over the last nine years, British writer Tom Sykes has travelled extensively in the Philippines in order to understand the Duterte phenomenon, interviewing friends and enemies of 'The Punisher' - as he is known - in politics, the...
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Nellie Arnott's Writing on Angola, 1905-1913 recovers and interprets the public texts of a teacher serving at a mission station sponsored by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in Portuguese West Africa. Along with a collection of her magazine narratives, mission reports, and correspondence, Nellie Arnott's Writing on Angola offers a critical analysis of Arnott's writing about her experiences in Africa, including interactions...
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"John Boyes...has had as many hair-raising adventures as any one in the world who has lived to tell the tale, for at one time was virtually king of the savage Kikuyu tribe." -Boston Globe, Nov. 9, 1912
"John Boys...was the actual controlling power for several years in a great region into which before no white man had been allowed...he entered the hostile territory practically alone...had to do a lot of fighting to gain his ascendancy...he was in...
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Owing his life to nothing but the trueness of his aim, what compelled British big game hunter Melliss to risk his life hunting multiple lions at the same time in the British colony of Somaliland?
Melliss set out for his lion hunt in Somaliland with a caravan of ten camels, twelve Somalis, and two donkeys. His destination was the Haud, a waterless plateau about one hundred and fifty miles distant in the interior.
The game along the route chiefly consisted...
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The author's travels take him on a trip of cultural awareness and adventure while exploring northern Tanzania. During his time away from volunteering to help build libraries and school buildings, he immerses himself in the daily lives of the people, engages with a land teeming with wildlife while crossing the Serengeti, and embarks on an arduous climb in an attempt to summit Mount Kilimanjaro. During these adventures, he reflects on the impact he...
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Learn the ins and outs of conducting business in South Korea. South Korean companies and technology have suddenly conquered the world. Samsung, Hyundai and LG are industry leaders and the global brands. Korean culture in the form of K-Pop music videos and "Korean Wave" films and TV dramas are watched everywhere from Tel Aviv to Singapore to Rio. Korean gourmet food trucks ply the streets of New York and LA, and kimchi has found a place on the shelves...
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Extrait : "Il est une loi commune : tout voyageur, qu'il coure un monde connu ou inconnu, qu'il traverse des contrées battues ou inexplorées, éprouve, au retour, le besoin irrésistible d'écrire ses impressions. Il a la prétention que les choses ont été vues par lui sous un aspect nouveau. Il désire faire partager à ses amis les émotions ressenties et faire revivre pour eux les scènes de sa vie d'aventures."
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A PGA pro's trip to teach golf in Bhutan becomes a journey of self-discovery, on which he learns an ancient meditation practice.
PGA of Canada pro Ed Hanczaryk blends golf and the art of meditation in this travelogue based on his true story of a five-month golf-teaching assignment in the hidden Kingdom of Bhutan. One day he taught a monk how to improve his game, and the next day, the monk taught him to tame his unruly mind...
A personal story of "zen...
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An illustrated travelogue that brilliantly captures artist and illustrator Emma Fick's epic train journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway-from Beijing through Mongolia to Moscow-including more than 200 watercolor illustrations and handwritten text that includes cultural and historical information as well as invaluable travel tips.
In May 2015, on a trip through the Baltics and Scandinavia, artist and illustrator Emma Fick and her boyfriend (now husband)...
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