RV The World: Doing It Now, Before You Die
David Rich has seen most of the world…and they’ve often on board a yacht or a land-yacht like an RV. This is an excerpt from RV the World, 2nd ed.
Travel Books
The best travel books are shared here, with brief excerpts from books published about travel and destinations around the world.
Los Angeles: The Coffee Table Picture Book
A new coffee table book, Los Angeles, includes dramatic full frame camera images by French photographer Serge Ramelli, to be published by teNeues in June 2018.
Running Experts on the World’s Greatest Destinations
Author Chris Santella allows readers to race across the globe with “Fifty Places to Run Before You Die”, highlighting the most famous races, trail runs, and tips from international running experts.
Walking in the Algarve
In Julie Statham’s Walking in the Algarve: 34 Coastal and Mountain Walks, tourists are guided through the volcanic hills to dramatic limestone escarpments.
A Travel Junkie’s Traveling Tales
Dina Bennett says she strives for sensory overload–situations in life where everything comes at you as a cascade of experiences. Her new book, Travel Junkie’s Diary, chronicles some of her adventures around the world on very long road trips.
Vietnam’s Wonderful Surprises
Jon Haggins Globetrotter recounts many trips around the world and interactions with many local people on his journeys. The book excerpt covers travel in Vietnam.
Take A Stroll Through Portugal
Walking in Portugal provides many routes and information for hikers across the different areas of Portugal, including the Algarve, Peneda-Gerês National Park, the Serra da Estrela, and other beautiful parts of Portugal.
From Established to Eccentric, These Cemeteries Are To Die For
From the Taj Mahal to Elvis’s resting place at Graceland, explore some of the world’s most famous burial sites in Loren Rhode’s newly released book “199 Cemeteries To See Before You Die.”
Fifty Years of Exploring the Alaskan Arctic
Joe Wilkins made more than fifty trips into remote regions of the Brooks Range. In this excerpt from his new book, Gates of the Arctic, Twelve Years of Arctic Exploration, provides advice if you come across a bear.
Sharing the Secrets of an Eternal Honeymoon
Mike & Anne Howard left for their honeymoon in January 2012 and have been exploring the globe ever since on what has become the World’s Longest Honeymoon.
In the Land of Invisible Women: Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: In the Land of Invisible Women by Qanta A. Ahmed, MD.A female doctor’s story. Navigating life in the sex-segregated country of Saudi Arabia.
Abu Dhabi Bar Mitzvah: Finding Common Ground
An American Jew explores the Middle East, post 9/11, to try and understand why people think the way they do. The Abu Dhabi Bar Mitzvah tells his story.