Adventure Writing

Out of Africa is a compilation of stories and experiences I had during this African leg of my travelthon journey. These stories and escapades about the lives and people of Africa will transport you to another time and space. Come hold my hand and take a dive into the plains and savannahs of this wondrous content.

El Barrio Latino de París, epicentro de movimiento estudiantil de Mayo del 68, sigue encarnando hoy, junto a las hordas de turistas que se agolpan en los alrededores de la catedral de Notre Dame, esa parte del alma culta, académica, literaria y revolucionaria de Francia.

Desmesurada, cosmopolita y muy americana. Esta sería una buena descripción para Los Ángeles...si sólo hubiera una. Y es que las siglas "LA" defi nen un conglomerado de lugares tan variado y excéntrico como las diferentes tierras que integran la vecina Disneylandia. Bajo el manto de la eterna juventud se esconde la auténtica esencia de California.

La ciudad de Trogir es una pequeña joya escondida en la costa Dálmata que no muchos conocen fuera de Croacia, sobre todo si tenemos en cuenta otras ciudades mucho más turísticas como Dubrovnik o Split, de la que la separan tan solo 26 kilómetros.

El centro de Praga es el corazón que bombea vida al resto de la urbe. En sus alrededores se puede pasear esquivando los lugares típicos para realizar buenas compras en tiendas singulares y disfrutar del encanto de sus calles.

Exploramos la belleza del Pre-Sahara en el sur de Marruecos, encajonado entre los altos picos del Atlas y la inmensidad de arena.

Dos ciudades en una, o al menos lo fueron durante siglos: la boscosa Buda, que desde su castillo sobre las colinas atesora las mejores vistas de, al otro lado del Danubio, el aún más monumental barrio de Pest. Algo de dual tiene también su espíritu. En Navidad, a su porte imperial se suman los mercadillos pero también las fiestas de luces láser en alguno de sus balnearios centenarios.

Patria de los chiles más famosos del mundo y ciudad universitaria, Humboldt la llamó “la ciudad de las flores” y luego fue conocida como “la Atenas veracruzana”. Posee el museo de arqueología regional más importante del país, el mejor lugar para admirar el misterioso legado de los olmecas. Y todos los verdes de México.

El escritor norteamericano gestó en la isla, entre mojitos y daiquiris, algunas de sus obras más célebres. Y en el proceso, convirtió en míticos algunos lugares.

The story of a trip around the world, visiting 24 countries in 33 days...beating out Around the World in 80 Days! LOL! Observations of people - rich and poor - going about their daily lives in so many different - yet sometimes similar - environments. The journey is sprinkled with humor, philosophical, and political comments.

Awaken your senses with thrilling tales of an intrepid soul in her search for beauty in the wilds. Linda Ballou embraces life and draws readers into her adventures with vivid descriptions that make you feel you are traveling along side her. She brings an intelligent meditation on nature in richly detailed, often poetic stories. Linda takes the listener out of their armchair and into the vast world as few travel writers can. If you like adrenaline pumping adventure without lifting a muscle, or tipping your canoe you will love this book.

Ever wanted to take a cross-country road trip? Wondered what you might see or what you'd experience? The Caravan Chronicles tells the story of how four friends from Riverview, NB, Canada hopped in a van and visited all 48 US states, including Washington D.C., over a two week period. From New England to San Francisco and back, these four adventurers saw more of the United States in two weeks than many see in a lifetime.

This book is a companion for any traveler, regardless of experience. It is meant to be an introduction to traveling, a Travel 101, if you will. No matter how often you fly, inside are some basic tips to ease travel stresses, and a hopefully amusing recount of experiences from my travels. From packing strategies to cheap flights, annoying passengers to great friends, this book has it all. Whether you are thinking of taking a vacation, have just returned from a vacation, or hear more about other people's vacations, this is the book for you.

The call of the open road and the romantic notion of driving luxurious vehicles, meeting fascinating people, and traveling to exotic locations are lures that compel people to become drivers. Driving is a very old profession that started when the USA was very young. At that time drivers drove carriages and wagons behind horses. This was an age when your word meant something and good honest work gave you a chance to grow economically. Professional career drivers care about the well-being and safety of their passengers and ensure the rides they give are enjoyable experiences.

In Dance Life: Movin' & Groovin' Around the Globe, Lisa Alpine combines her three all-encompassing passions - writing, travel, and dance - into a bouquet of 27 stories that span her lifetime and the globe. From twerking with a nun in an Albanian orphanage to salsa dancing with a hottie under the burning sun in Cuba, to braving an attempt at flamenco on a Parisian tabletop, these toe-tapping tales will inspire you to follow the call of a wild life, leaving home with your passport in hand and your dance shoes stuffed into the suitcase.

China investiert geostrategisch Milliarden in die neue Seidenstraße. Jochen Dieckmann steigt in seinen Camper und erkundet das größte Infrastrukturprojekt von Wuppertal bis Hongkong auf dem Asphalt. Die Neue Seidenstraße ist das Investitionsprogramm, mit dem die chinesische Regierung derzeit neue Infrastrukturverbindungen und Handelswege zwischen Europa, Asien und Afrika entwickelt. Jochen Dieckmann, bekannt durch seine Reportage "Geschlafen wird am Monatsende" über die Machenschaften des Transportgewerbes, hat sich das Projekt persönlich angeschaut - "on the road" mit seinem Camper.

You’re thinking of coming to Washington, DC. Excellent choice! Buy this book if you’re a modern traveler and want insider tips and travel hacks to help plan your trip. This book is not your grandfather’s travel guide. It’s not even designed to replace those dusty old books. Honestly, the value of traditional travel guides for today’s traveler is debatable. In the pre-smartphone days, travel books gave you colorful fold-out maps, big directories with phone numbers for hotels and restaurants so that you could keep all this vital information at your fingertips.

Thoreau gives an account of three canoe and hiking journeys - by himself and with others - through the mostly uninhabited forests of Maine in the 1850s. Identifying birds, trees and plants by their botanical as well as their common names, he also records the Indian names of lakes, rivers and plants. He investigates the connections between waterways and trails, and provides detail on camping, fishing and hunting in the woods, using whatever is at hand. Extolling the beauty of the wilds that he encounters, Thorough’s narrative is also imbued with elements of his philosophy.

Greater Than a Tourist- Sandakphu, West Bengal, India by Sananda Dasgupta offers the inside scoop on Sandakphu. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this book will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

Once in a while, a travel book comes along that pushes at the boundaries of the genre. Quondam: Travels in a Once World does exactly that, asking us to reimagine the relevance and potential of travel. In this case, an epic, true-grit expedition by bike through the heart of Africa without the umbilical cord of technology, when being on your own meant exactly that.