Annotation: Emotionally wrung-out from her divorce, the painful ending of a subsequent love affair, and a general, long-standing feeling of malaise, novelist and journalist Elizabeth Gilbert decides to recharge herself through a year's worth of travel, believing that her return to happiness could be found through exploring both physical gratification and spiritual peace and then determining an appropriate balance between the two. She pursues the first part of her program (eating, drinking, and talking) in Italy, the second in India (joining an ashram), and the third in Bali (studying with a medicine man).
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The story of a 1983 journey to the center of Borneo, which no expedition had attempted since 1926. O'Hanlon, accompanied by friend and poet James Fenton and three native guides brings wit and humor to a dangerous journey.
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The highly successful Globetrotter Travel Series, which includes Travel Guides, Travel Maps, Road Atlases, Best Of Pocket Guides and In Your Pocket Language Guides, presently covers more than 90 destinations worldwide. The Packs are excellent value, including both a guidebook and a softcover version of the foldout Globetrotter map of the region, in a printed plastic wallet.The handy pocket-size guide is packed with useful information, tips and recommendations, accompanied by colour photographs, charts and maps for the first-time traveller who wants to experience the major highlights that Indonesia has to offer. The fold-out map of Indonesia is ideal for tourists and visitors.
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Thoroughly updated and expanded for 2012, the new edition of Insight Guide Indonesia is the essential guide to one of the world’s most spectacular countries, with comprehensive descriptions of the major sights and attractions accompanied by detailed practical information. The guide covers the whole of this fascinating country in depth – from the beaches, festivals and temples of Bali to the spectacular coral reefs of Sulawesi, the ancient culture and cities of Java to the forests of Sumatra and Kalimantan - with full-color photographs and maps throughout. The Features section focuses on Indonesia’s history, wildlife, cuisine, and culture.Our inspirational Best of Indonesia section highlights unmissable sights and experiences, while a comprehensive Travel Tips section gives you all the practical information you need to plan your trip. Our selective listings for hotel and restaurants are the personal recommendations of our local author.Lavish Photo Features offer a unique insight into colourful Balinese festivals, batik fabric, Indonesia’s World Heritage Sights and the country’s unusual wildlife.A detailed Places section, with full-color maps, guides you around the many islands, taking in villages and towns to the fabulous jungles and coral reefs.
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Since early this century, Bali's paradisiacal beauty and the remarkable spirit of its people have attracted a steady stream of artists, architects, anthropologists, mystics, and celebrities from all over the world, and the new residents have interpreted traditional Balinese style with elegant, chic, eccentric, and unusual results.Featured in this exquisitely illustrated volume are some twenty of the most exceptional homes on the island, all shown in their lush tropical surroundings. They include homes in the traditional village style; pondoks, or the single-pavilion dwellings of the rice fields; royal palaces, such as Woolite heiress Carole Muller's luxury cottage on the upper terrace of the summer palace of East Bali's last king; beach houses; temples; spectacular mountain residences; and homes with magnificently designed gardens.A visitor's guide and an international source list of Balinese wares completes this insider's tour of the island. Photographed by Isabella Ginanneschi, who lives half the year in Bali, and written by architect and garden designer Made Wijaya, At Home in Bali is the next best thing to being there.
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This 6th edition of Indonesia Handbook remai ns the finest textual survey of the planet''s most fascinatin g archipelago. The author describes the wayang puppet plays of Java, the Hindu mystics of Bali and the adventures of bus ing the 2500km highway. '
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Make the most of the cultural and natural richness of Bali & Lombok with this comprehensive and up-to-date guide. The full-colour introduction takes a stunning look at many of the islands’ highlights, from the dramatic cliff top temples to the sparkling white-sand beaches. There are new features on Balinese pop music, volcanic landscapes, traditional and modern performing arts and coverage of the islands’ chic side with fashionable spas, designer boutique hotels and exceptional shopping, plus family-friendly destinations and activities. Whatever kind of traveller you are, from beach comber to eco-tourist, on a budget or money’s-no-object, you’ll find the accommodation, restaurants and experiences that are right for you. Extras include advice on where to dive, how to arrange treks up the island’s volcanoes and the top surf breaks. The Rough Guide to Bali & Lombok gives you all the practical advice you’ll need for a great adventure.
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An entertaining chronicle of the six happy months the author spent in the highlands of central Sulawesi in an attempt to escape from the post-war world.
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Canton And The Bogue: The Narrative Of An Eventful Six Months In China By Walter William Mundy was published in London in 1875. The Publisher has copy-edited this book to improve the formatting, style and accuracy of the text to make it readable. This did not involve changing the substance of the text.Contents:Chapter I. Marseilles To Suez - Chapter II. Suez - Aden - Galle - Chapter III. Singapore - Saigon - Hong-Kong - Chapter IV. A Short Résumé Of Chinese History - Chapter V. Some Remarks On Questions Suggested By Our Intercourse with China - Chapter VI. Hong-Kong - Chapter VII. Canton -Chapter VIII. Residence In Canton - Chapter IX. Religious Ceremonies - Chapter X. Something About "Tea" - Chapter XI. A Chinese Dinner - Chapter XII. Neighborhood Of Canton - Chapter XIII. The Spark Outrage - Chapter XIV. Review Of Piracy In China - Chapter XV. Suggestions As To Suitable Measures For Repressing Acts Of Piracy - Chapter XVI. The Typhoon Of 1874: - Chapter XVII. ConclusionExcerpts:.....The shortness of my stay in China may seem to make it presumptuous for me to attempt to relate to the public the little that I saw which may be new or interesting to them; but considering that on no point is there so much ignorance and misconception as on all things connected with the Chinese Empire, and that fewer books of real merit have appeared about it than upon any other question of equal importance, even what I have to say may prove, in its way, to be not without some interest, and my imperfect knowledge may be of some utility. The chief good I should anticipate from my own observations would be, that it would be setting an example to those in whom a longer residence in and acquaintance with the country, together with greater powers of discernment and description, would all combine to make them produce a book that should be at once interesting from the novelty of their facts, and instructive from the depth and penetration of their views and suggestions. This is of course far beyond my aspirations, and I shall be more than satisfied if I can with success play the humbler part of pointing out the way to those who could achieve a much more brilliant success......I will end as I commenced, by expressing that the highest reward I could possibly expect to result from what I have written would be to set an example that might be followed with more brilliant success by those more versed in Chinese life than myself. If in any way or on any single point my remarks have made something more comprehensible, or have put questions in a clearer light, my book has served its purpose, and I am content. To elucidate the hidden mysteries of any national character; to point in any way, be it never so slight, to a mode of making peoples better affected one towards the other; to view the actions of those we are brought in contact with so as to enable us to appreciate their virtues and condone their faults,-each one of these objects is sufficient to honor the attempt of anyone, were he even such an humble instrument of use as myself.
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