Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Humorous
tales of travel and misadventure. Lonely Planet knows that some of
life's funniest experiences happen on the road. Whether they take
the form of unexpected detours, unintended adventures,
unidentifiable dinners or unforgettable encounters, they can give
birth to our most found travel lessons, and our most memorable -
and hilarious - travel stories. These 31 globegirdling tales that
run the gamut from close-encounter safaris to loss-of-face follies,
hair-raising rides to culture-leaping brides, eccentric expats to
mind-boggling repasts, wrong roads taken to agreements mistaken.
The collection brings together some of the world's most renowned
travellers and storytellers with previously unpublished writers.
Includes stories by Wickam Boyle, Tim Cahill, Joshua Clark, Sean
Condon, Chistopher R.Cox, David Downie, Holly Erikson, Bill Fink,
Don George, Karl Taro Greenfeld, Jeff Grenwald, Pico Iyer, Amanda
Jones, Kathie Kertesz, Doug Lansky, Alexander Ludwick, Linda
Watanabe McFerrin, Jan Morris, Brooke Neill, Rolf Potts, Laura
Resau, Michelle Richmond, Alana Semuels, Deborah Steg, Judy
Tierney, Edwin Tucker, Jeff Vize, Danny Wallace, Kelly Watton,
Simon Wichester, Michelle Witton About Lonely Planet: Started in
1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide
publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as
well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital
travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely
Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the
world and to truly get to the heart of the places where they
travel. TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice Awards 2012 and 2013 winner
in Favorite Travel Guide category 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite
simply, like no other.' - New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on
everyone's bookshelves, it's in every traveller's hands. It's on
mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's
telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' -
Fairfax Media (Australia) *#1 in the world market share - source:
Nielsen Bookscan. Australia, UK and USA. March 2012-January 2013
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