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For more than a decade, the intrepid team from the award-winning series "Globe Trekker", broadcast on American Public Television and major television networks Worldwide, has journeyed to countries from every continent on the globe. Here we have their insider best-of-the-best list, fully illustrated in lavish colour and organized by month. Readers can plan ahead to experience the most flamboyant festivals, adventurous treks, spectacular beaches, and most happening places. Armed with the "Globe Trekker's World", you'll move your trip from mundane to memorable, whether joining in colourful native celebrations at the Goroka Show in Papua New Guinea in September, hiking through awesome scenery during the fall in New England, luxuriating in solitude on a pristine beach in the Philippines in December, or travelling to London in May for the best events, deals, and least crowds. But this book doesn't just list places to see before leaving this lifetime - it conveys why. Abundant photographs accompany the descriptive text, giving an entertaining introduction to the region. It also offers background history as well as practical information on the event or activity, what to bring, what weather to expect, and other things to do nearby. Additional extensive listings of other great beaches, outdoor activities, and festivals cover every safely traversable country on earth, from Austria and Azerbaijan to the United States and Zambia. As an added bonus, a free, professionally produced DVD, "Great Festivals", is secured inside each book. With a running time of more than one hour, this round-the-world tour delivers a year of fantastic festivals.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #568431 in Books
• Published on: 2005-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

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Truly Unique Experiences for the Adventurous Backpack Traveler Around the World All Year Long
The PBS series, "Globe Trekker", is a fairly addictive travel program that targets the backpacker-wannabe traveler by having an alternating group of Gen-X guides proactively involve themselves personally with the often exotic locations they visit. Translating such visceral experiences into book form would seem challenging, but the editors at Pilot Publishing have figured out a smart way to present these adventures by concocting a global calendar of must-see sights and events and unique festivals. It has been designed specifically to whet the reader's appetite for further investigation, and what the book does especially well is make one realize what a diverse world of experiences is to be had if one ventures forth to find them. Obviously the prohibitive cost of travel to many of these locales will prevent people from experiencing them first hand, which is why the book is valuable in whittling down what becomes the most essential places to visit for the individual reader.

The book is laid out in an easy-to-read manner with each chapter representing a month of the year. For each month, there are at least six standard sections - a world map showing where to go for the sights and experiences recommended, a selection of the month's top annual festivals, a select list of outdoor activities with a high adventure orientation, the best beaches to enjoy that month, a special listing of more general locations to visit, and a catch-all additional listings for second-tier choices in each of the previous categories. Many highlights abound - ice hiking in Patagonia in February, "zorbing" (i.e., rolling inside a plastic ball) in New Zealand in March, partying in Mykonos in June, trekking among nomads in Niger in September, canoeing in Okefenokee Swamp in December. And some are plain quirky - Elvis Week in Memphis, the Battle of the Oranges in Italy (and a similar one with tomatoes in Spain) - but all provide some level of fascination and entertainment.

Gratefully, the book includes a DVD that contains nearly two hours of video footage from the Globe Trekker series showing many of the must-see sights and festivals spotlighted in the book. The programming follows the logic of the book with each month a disc chapter and an extended program option that includes additional sights for each month. There's also a special round-the-world tour, which amounts to a video montage of the previous footage.

Amazing Book!
This book is the best travel book I've ever gotten. If you're going around the world, it's a MUST HAVE. Beware, since the pages are full color and glossy, it's pretty heavey. I just scanned mine in and put it on a jump drive. Even if you're not going around the world, but just trying to decide on a place to travel to next...BUY THIS BOOK! Timing can make night and day in a travel experience. Thanks Globetrekkers!
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