Discover 100 life-changing travel experiences. Familiar faces from
the world of travel, plus Lonely Planet writers, share their most
remarkable, poignant and memorable experiences from the road -
moments that changed them as individuals and reshaped their
perspective on the world. Tales includes a Rwandan gorilla
encounter, reincarnation on the Ganges, horse riding with
Patagonian gauchos, witnessing Nelson Mandela's first free speech,
watching a space shuttle launch, crossing the Gobi desert on foot,
and a son journeying with his mother back to Alexandria, the city
of her childhood. Destinations include Monument Valley Navajo
Tribal Park in Utah, Cape Town, Gir National Park in India, the
Western Wall in Jerusalem, Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, the
Trans-Siberian Railway, Antarctica, Samburu National Reserve in
Kenya, Samye Monastery in Tibet and Madagascan forests. With each
story, you'll get a powerful account of how the experience unfolded
and what it was like to be there, right at that moment. A 'Build
Up' and 'Take Away' complete the story, detailing how the moment
made a lasting impact on the contributor's life. About Lonely
Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the
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and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973.
Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million
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