Product Description
We're proud to unveil the first three volumes in a brand-new series of full-color guides to the world's great adventures. Adventure travel is the fastest-growing trend in the travel industry today, and these exciting new guides offer a new approach to each destination. Each guide contains lively, personal accounts of 25 real adventures, combined with practical advice from the experts so you can plan a trip of your own -- no matter what your interest, skill level, or budget.
We'll tell you how to tackle each adventure on your own, or with the area's most noted outfitters. These are not catalogs of high-risk adrenaline sports, but guides to adventures within the reach of any reasonably fit person of any age and skill. We've also included a 64-page directory of other activities and outfitters in each region. Look for full-color photos throughout, plus regional and route maps, insider tips, seasonal calendars, and ideas for family travel ñ everything you need for a safe, worry-free adventure!
From the Inside Flap
Adventure Guides Southeast Asia By Motorbike "There can be few more magnificent places on Earth for a motorbiking adventure. From Mae Taeng to Mae Hong Son there are more than 150 hairpin bends, but you will also be treated to spectacular scenery of mountains, forests and waterfalls." By Kayak "Towering limestone rocks burst out of jungles and coastal waters, forming a dramatic backdrop for kayaking. Secret sea lagoons are reached through narrow recesses with jagged walls and over-hung with stalactites. Lie flat against the canoe in places where the cave roof practically scrapes your nose." In Luxury "The Eastern and Oriental Express, the luxury train that plies between Singapore and Bangkok, offers a ride into fantasya nostalgic re-creation of the early, gracious days of travel, when style and glamour were just part of the package." By Local Transport "It is difficult to believe in the electronic age when the main forms of transport are bullock carts, bicycles, and ramshackle country buses. On the river banks an assortment of barges, sampans, and bamboo rafts, en route to markets downriver, adds to the colorful congestion.
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