This beautifully written, heartfelt memoir touched a nerve among both readers and reviewers. Elizabeth Gilbert tells how she made the difficult choice to leave behind all the trappings of modern American success (marriage, house in the country, career) and find, instead, what she truly wanted from life. Setting out for a year to study three different aspects of her nature amid three different cultures, Gilbert explored the art of pleasure in Italy and the art of devotion in India, and then a balance between the two on the Indonesian island of Bali. By turns rapturous and rueful, this wise and funny author (whom Booklist calls "Anne Lamott's hip, yoga- practicing, footloose younger sister") is poised to garner yet more adoring fans.
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Travel Guides: Bali and Lombok Travel Guide. The mere mention of Bali evokes thoughts of a paradise. Its more than a place; its a mood, an aspiration, a tropical state of mind. Ryan Ver Berkmoes, Lonely Planet writer. You can trust our travel information because Lonely Planet authors visit the places we write about, each and every edition. We never accept freebies for positive coverage, and you can rely on us to tell it like we see it. The Bali & Lombok Travel Guide features: 11 weeks research 2 expert authors 62 maps 308 Bintang beers consumed Inspirational photos Clear, easy-to-use maps Comprehensive planning tools In-depth background Easy-to-read layout At-a-glance practical info Dimensions: 8"L x 5"W x 1"H Weight: 1 lb.
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Travel Guides: Indonesia Travel Guide. With a Lonely Planet guidebook youll get the best out of your Indonesian trip. The 9th edition of Indonesia will take you to the best beaches and bars in Bali, through lush paddy fields in Sumatra, diving with turtles off the Gilis in Lombok and to a traditional dance in Ubud. Lonely Planet guides are written by experts who get to the heart of every destination they visit. This fully updated edition is packed with accurate, practical and honest advice, designed to give you the information you need to make the most of your trip. The Indonesia Travel Guide features include: Discover natural Indonesia with our special color chapter Detailed Itineraries for planning the perfect trip Green Index helps you step lightly on your travels Dimensions: 8"L x 1"W x 5"H Weight: 1 lb.
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This guide is designed for optimal navigation on eReaders, smartphones, and other mobile electronic devices. It is indexed alphabetically and by category, making it easier to access individual articles. Articles feature information about attractions, landmarks, districts, transportation, cultural venues, dining, history and much more. Addresses, telephones, hours of operation and admissions information are included where possible. The guide is complimented by numerous clearly marked maps that are linked to city attractions. This travel guide also features an itinerary with our suggestions for your travel route. Itineraries include links to individual attraction articles.NEW FEATURE: Many of the attraction and city articles now include links to Google Maps. On a dedicated electronic reader with a slow connection and a primitive browser, Google Maps will display the attraction on the map along with metro stations, roads, and nearby attractions. On an internet-enabled device such as the iPhone and the iPad, Google Maps will even show you the route from your current location to the attraction you want to go to.With this travel guide you can turn some eReaders into audio guides. For example, on the Kindle, just open an article and click Shift+SYM to activate text-to-speech. Put the speaker on the back of the Kindle against your ear and enjoy your virtual travel companion. Press Spacebar to pause/resume text-to-speech. All travel guides in the Mobi Travel series are only $4.99 or less. Search for any title: enter mobi (short for MobileReference) and a keyword; for example: mobi Paris.Table of Contents: Essentials: Eat | Drink | Sleep | Contact | Stay Healthy | Stay Safe1. General: History | Geography | Ecology | Economy | Demographics | Culture | Talk2. Maps: Regions | Topography | Indonesia2.1 City Maps: Denpasar | Candidasa | Jimbaran | Kuta | Legian | Lovina | Sanur | Seminyak | Ubud2.2 Other Destination Maps: Amed | Bedugul | Bukit Peninsula | Kintamani | Nusa Dua | Nusa Lembongan | Nusa Penida | West Bali National Park3. Transport: Get In | Get Around | Ngurah Rai Airport4. By Area: Regions | Cities | Other Destinations5. Attractions: Top 10 | Itinerary | See | Do | Buy | Get Out6. Top Cities: Denpasar | Candidasa | Kuta | Jimbaran | Legian | Lovina | Sanur | Seminyak | Ubud7. Other Destinations: Amed | Bedugul | Bukit Peninsula | Kintamani | Mount Agung | Nusa Dua | Nusa Lembongan | Nusa Penida | West Bali National Park8. Indonesia: History | Geography | Economy | Cities & Destinations | See & Do
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Whether you travel for business, pleasure, or a combination of the two, the ever-popular "Culture Shock!" series belongs in your backpack or briefcase. Get the nuts-and-bolts information you need to survive and thrive wherever you go. "Culture Shock!" country guides are easy-to-read, accurate, and entertaining crash courses in local customs and etiquette. "Culture Shock!" practical guides offer the inside information you need whether you're a student, a parent, a globetrotter, or a working traveler. "Culture Shock!" at your Door guides equip you for daily life in some of the world's most cosmopolitan cities. And "Culture Shock!" Success Secrets guides offer relevant, practical information with the real-life insights and cultural know-how that can make the difference between business success and failure.Each "Culture Shock!" title is written by someone who's lived and worked in the country, and each book is packed with practical, accurate, and enjoyable information to help you find your way and feel at home.
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DK Eyewitness Bali & Lombok travel guide will lead you straight to the best attractions these beautiful islands have on offer. Packed with photographs, illustrations and clear maps the guide explores these Indonesian islands in detail; from the noisy, colorful and glamorous bustle of Bali to the quiet and tranquil retreats of Lombok. The guide provides all the insider tips every visitor needs including the best beaches, volcanoes diving and snorkeling destinations and comprehensive listings of the best places to stay in Bali and Lombok from hotels and spa resorts to local homestays. Discover the best restaurants, bars and nightlife in Bali and Lombok for all budgets and unearth where the locals go with tips on everything from where to enjoy the best suckling pig and local beer to how to experience the most memorable culture, customs, crafts, beaches, and ceremonies. You'll find 3D cutaways and floor plans of all the major sites from holy temples to Buddhist shrines plus features on surfing in Bali and Lombok, rice cultivation, landscape, wildlife and shopping with sights, beaches, resorts, and festivals are listed town by town. Don't miss a thing on your holiday with DK Eyewitness Bali & Lombok. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: Packed with photographs, illustrations, and maps Cutaways and floor plans of all the major sights 3-D aerial views of the city's most interesting districts Huge selection of hotels, restaurants, stores, and entertainment venues Specially devised walking tours
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This guide will give you all the information you need to enjoy the best of Borneo. Designed for travelers with an independent mindset, it features clear maps and photos, comprehensive planning tools and hundreds of detailed listings, reviews and recommendations in a range of budgets.
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Art as Politics explores the intersection of art, identity politics, and tourism in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Based on long-term ethnographic research from the 1980s to the present, the book offers a nuanced portrayal of the Sa'dan Toraja, a predominantly Christian minority group in the world's most populous Muslim country. Celebrated in anthropological and tourism literatures for their spectacular traditional houses, sculpted effigies of the dead, and pageantry-filled funeral rituals, the Toraja have entered an era of accelerated engagement with the global economy marked by on-going struggles over identity, religion, and social relations. In her engaging account, Kathleen Adams chronicles how various Toraja individuals and groups have drawn upon artistically-embellished "traditional" objects--as well as monumental displays, museums, UNESCO ideas about "word heritage," and the World Wide Web--to shore up or realign aspects of a cultural heritage perceived to be under threat. She also considers how outsiders--be they tourists, art collectors, members of rival ethnic groups, or government officials--have appropriated and reframed Toraja art objects for their own purposes. Her account illustrates how art can serve as a catalyst in identity politics, especially in the context of tourism and social upheaval. Ultimately, this insightful work prompts readers to rethink persistent and pernicious popular assumptions--that tourism invariably brings a loss of agency to local communities or that tourist art is a compromised form of expression. Art as Politics promises to be a favorite with students and scholars of anthropology, sociology, cultural studies, ethnic relations, art, and Asian studies. "The unusual richness and appeal of this insightful book unfold in layers, delightful to read yet theoretically sophisticated. Attentive to the ironies, entanglements, and serendipities of life, Adams demonstrates through prose and photographs the changing worlds of Toraja individuals and their artistic productions. Her deeply perceptive, epic account has so much to say that it leaves no room for jargon. She offers instead a mature, refreshingly honest, engaging approach that dynamically illuminates the intricate interconnections between arts and society in the contemporary world. An anthropology of art for these times, Art as Politics meticulously draws from scholarly works while building on the richness of its own history." --Jill Forshee, author of Between the Folds: Stories of Cloth, Lives, and Travels from Sumba
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In part two of The Volcano Trilogy, the American surfer takes his Filipina penpal from the Philippines to Bali, Indonesia, where their romance simmers between surf sessions and Pan-Pacific cultural observations. A novella of 34K words, non-fiction. (Book 1 of the trilogy is called 'Blue Volcano - Love and Surfing in the Philippines' and book 3 is 'White Volcano - Fifty Words for Love'. All three volumes are available on Kindle, or you can get the paperback which contains all three, entitled 'The Volcano Trilogy - A Philippines Surfing Odyssey')
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The third largest island in the world, largely jungle covered and still relatively undiscovered, it’s easy to see what attracts adventurous travellers to Borneo. With it’s numerous pristine national parks, some of the world’s best dive sites, and it’s unique flora and fauna, plus of course the Orangutan this is one of the world’s last frontiers. Footprint’s 3rd edition Borneo Handbook has been fully revised and updated to help travellers get the very most from their trip, with detailed listings on where to eat, sleep and play, plus great maps to show how to get around and with a fantastic background and history section helping to ensure you really get to understand the island’s rich and diverse culture.
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