A Year of Adventures: Lonely Planet's Guide to Where, What And When to Do It [Paperback]

Andrew Bain (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2006

A Year of Adventures is the inspirational planning tool to take you all around the world in pursuit of adventure. Discover a whole range of extraordinary experiences, including hiking in New Zealand, diving with sharks in South Africa, ballooning in Switzerland and storm watching in Alaska. Choose from over 100 activities in 130 countries, some to challenge you, some to enjoy at a leisurely pace, and catering to all fitness levels. After all, adventure does'nt need to mean hardship. Be inspired and plan a year to remember!

-Organized by month and week to allow you to plan the best adventure at the best time of year.
-Country and Activity indexes provide easy access search by the destination of your next holiday, or by the adventure you want to experience.
-Includes links for further information on adventure events throughout the book.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Entertainment Weekly, October 13, 2006
'This Lonely Planet guide plans a year of travelicious exploits, from a weeklong run through the Gobi Desert to Christmas on Robinson Crusoe Island.'

From the Publisher

Who We Are
At Lonely Planet, we see our job as inspiring and enabling travellers to connect with the world for their own benefit and for the benefit of the world at large.

What We Do
* We offer travellers the world's richest travel advice, informed by the collective wisdom of over 350 Lonely Planet authors living in 37 countries and fluent in 70 languages.
* We are relentless in finding the special, the unique and the different for travellers wherever they are.
* When we update our guidebooks, we check every listing, in person, every time.
* We always offer the trusted filter for those who are curious, open minded and independent.
* We challenge our growing community of travellers; leading debate and discussion about travel and the world.
* We tell it like it is without fear or favor in service of the travellers; not clouded by any other motive.

What We Believe
We believe that travel leads to a deeper cultural understanding and compassion and therefore a better world.

Product Details

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: Lonely Planet (August 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1741048389
• ISBN-13: 978-1741048384
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #101,304 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #97 in Books > Travel > Reference & Tips > Reference

More About the Author

Andrew Bain prefers adventure to avarice and can usually be found walking when he should be working. His writing and photography feature in magazines and newspapers around the world, and he was awarded the Australian Geographic story of the year for 2003. He was formerly commissioning editor of Lonely Planet's outdoor adventure series of titles.

Andrew is a reformed sportswriter who decided he preferred the open road to the half-forward flank of an Australian Football League match. He has trekked, cycled, kayaked and ambled his way through various parts of five continents. He's unwittingly smuggled goods across the China-Russia border, shared his bed with a crocodile in the Northern Territory, and been deported from Estonia. He lives in Hobart, a city that satisfies his need to be constantly near the mountains.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific book for those who need ideas for travel, November 24, 2006

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Micheal V. Angeletti "Donatello(Ninja Master)" (Boise, Idaho) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Year of Adventures: Lonely Planet's Guide to Where, What And When to Do It (Paperback)

This is a great book that goes chronologically over multiple destinations and activities all around the world based on the appropriate time of the year for each beginning the first week in January, and it showcases a couple of them with pictures, and a short article on each page. It even tells what "fitness/expertise level" each activity requires (with plenty of activities for those who are handicapped in some way, or are not experts at scuba, surfing, etc. The only down fall is that you are left with an empty feeling about some of the best ideas which are short-changed as little 10 line segments at the bottom of the page, but if they included full articles, and pictures about every activity the book would be twice it's size. I would not recommend this book for those looking for honeymoon destinations because it mainly focuses on interesting and adventuresome places, and not so much on romantic, or serene places.

33 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A caveat, February 22, 2007

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Michael L. Hill (Columbia, MD, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Year of Adventures: Lonely Planet's Guide to Where, What And When to Do It (Paperback)

This book is good for getting travel ideas with one big caveat: a lot of the places/events listed are extreme things (such as the Ironman Triathalon in Hawaii, the [bicycling] Race Across America, bungee jumping sites, the Gobi March, the North Pole Marathon, etc.) that are totally ludicrous for the vast majority of readers. Nice pictures, though, even if the short write-ups are frequently too brief.

5.0 out of 5 stars PERFECT FOR INSPIRATION!, January 12, 2011

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J. Coate (Olympia, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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I bought this book while on vacation in Leavenworth, WA - we were snowed in, and I found it at a local bookstore for something to paruse in front of the fire at our B&B. I'm an active person (ie competetive sports, adventure racing), with a big passion for travel. While some of the things in this book are for sure extreme, the majority of the adventures illustrated get your brain going, and in turn get you excited. Most of us say we are going to do something amazing at some point in our lives. Lots of us have no idea what that amazing thing might be. If anything - get this book, and let your mind race with the possibilities it presents to you. Your heart will be sure to follow as you flip from page to page in astonishment at all the opportunities there actually are - and with a big grin on your face - start that actual list of things you WILL do.