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

by Andrew Bain (Author)

Editorial Reviews

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

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.'

Product Description
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!

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

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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 7.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #158,542 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Michael L. Hill (Columbia, MD, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Micheal V. Angeletti "Donatello(Ninja Master)" (Boise, Idaho) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not for everyone, January 18, 2009

By	Caio Falcao "C&Falcao" (Brazil) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The book is really interesting in showing the biggest adventures on earth, but some of them are really impossible for regular people, like me!