Healthy Travel: Bugs, Bites & Bowels (Cadogan Guides) [Paperback]

Jane Wilson Howarth (Author)

Book Description

Series: Cadogan Guides | Publication Date: June 1995

"Amazingly well up-dated and researched. -- The Times (London)

"Cadogan's specialty is uncovering delightful secrets in some of the earth's most traveled spots". -- The Independent

"Entertaining companions with sharp insights ... The series has received plaudits worldwide for intelligence, orginality and a slightly irreverent sense of fun. -- Daily Telegraph (London)

"Cadogan Guides have a reputation as the outstanding series for the independent traveler who doesn't want to follow the crowd". -- Daily Telegraph (London)

"... evocatively charming and chatty as they are informed". -- New York Daily News

"Understated humorous writing". -- New York Daily

Editorial Reviews

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"Indispensable...some of the most realistic, practical advice"
--Independent of Sunday (UK)

"Interesting off-beat guide"
--Observer (UK)

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About the Author

Recently returning to England after living mostly in Asia for 11 years, Dr. Jane Wilson-Howarth is Britain's leading writer on travel health. She is a GP, trained zoologist, parasitologist, experienced expedition doctor, and a keen high altitude trekker.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Cadogan Books (June 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1860110452
• ISBN-13: 978-1860110450
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,342,645 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dr Jane Wilson-Howarth's passion for wildlife started with creepy-crawlies when she was a toddler and led to smuggling roadkill into the house, much to her mother's disgust. She prefers flowers. Jane left London suburbia to bag a zoology degree in Plymouth before setting off on an overland trip to Nepal. That expedition gave her a new mission: to work towards improving the lot of the poor. After qualifying as a parasitologist (from Oxford University) and as a physician (Southampton University) she spent eleven years working on various child survival projects in remote corners of Asia including for USAID.

These days she lives in Cambridgeshire with her husband, teenage sons, a lop and a pigmy hamster. At the moment she works as a family physician, as medical director of a travel clinic, and as a guest lecturer at several universities. As a balance to clinical work she writes life-affirming fiction with exotic themes. Jane already has three travel health guides in print as well as two travel memoirs, about Madagascar and Nepal. She continues to write extensively on travel and health including for British national newspapers (The Independent, The Guardian) and other national and international publications. She has written double-spread health features for Wanderlust travel magazine since issue one.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of the lot, April 2, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Bugs, Bites & Bowels (Paperback)

I seem to collect health travel books. We live in Mexico and beleive in being our own best health advocates anywhere. Of all the books I have seen in the past five years dealing with travel health, Bugs, Bits & Bowels surpasses my previous favorite, one in the Moon Travel Series which is currently out of print. Wilson-Howarth is concise, yet seeming thorough, with a presentation easily understood. Even bits of humor sprinkled in.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best travel medical guide I've found so far., November 11, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Healthy Travel: Bugs, Bites & Bowels (Cadogan Guides) (Paperback)

This book has travelled with me on several trips throughout Southeast Asia, India, and Nepal, and was much appreciated when illness struck (and when preparing to travel). The lighthearted writing style makes it easy and entertaining to read but it seems to be backed solidly by training and experience and the author comes as straight to the point as can be wished for.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Endlessly Fascinating, October 21, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Bugs, Bites & Bowels (Paperback)

Even if you're not going to be travelling in remote places, this book is wonderful. Jane Wilson-Howarth's no nonsense (and funny) tone makes this book an excellent read, even if it's just for the vicarious thrill of knowing which parasites you might encounter.