Amazon.com Review
Imagine exploring Honduras by wheelchair or capturing one's vacation memories in scents instead of photographs; being disabled doesn't mean an end to travel, just a different means of experiencing it. In Rough Guide's Able to Travel, travelers with disabilities describe their journeys through the Americas, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. A woman equipped with both an artificial leg and hip visits India; a man in a wheelchair realizes his lifelong ambition to travel in Egypt; a blind woman's experience of Greece is a feast of touch, taste, smell, and sound. The 100-plus accounts collected in this volume are both inspirational and informative. Not every place in the world is accessible, but Able to Travel makes readers aware of how many places are.
In addition to the individual trips chronicled here, the book also includes invaluable information about transportation, accommodations, accessibility issues, and more. There are too few books written for travelers with disabilities; fortunately, Rough Guide's Able to Travel is one of the best.
