The Traveller's Handbook

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Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Hilary Bradt, Jan Morris, Dervla Murphy & Simon Calder are just some of the contributors to this mighty volume, now in its 12th edition. If you haven't even thought where you might go the introduction to this book offers advice on where to go & how to begin to find out more information. If you already know where you are going then there is information on how to get there, by truck, by motor bike & even by microlight!

Includes:: basic advice on health & safety & a section on what to do when things go wrong, from petty theft to hijacks & civil wars.A listing section devotes a double page spread to every country detailing festival dates, embassy addresses, population make up, economies, food, drink, shopping & much more. Each country also has a highlight guide of the best things to see & do while you're there. The lisitings also recommend reading material & the best shops to go to to get all those necessary accessories. It's a book like no other
- indispensible when requiring inspiration or stopping perspiration. Edited by Amy Sohanpaul, James Innes Williams & Duncan Mills.I know of no single volume that packs so much travel advice between two covers & yet still weighs the same as a water bottle. Michael Palin