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532 produkter

Jerusalem
Ordinær pris 399,00 krWinner of the Observer Food Monthly Cookbook of the Year 2013. Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi are the men behind the bestselling Ottolenghi: The Cookbook. Their chain of restaurants is famous for its innovative flavours, stylish design and superb cooking.
At the heart of Yotam and Sami's food is a shared home city: Jerusalem. Both were born there in the same year, Sami on the Arab east side and Yotam in the Jewish west. Nearly 30 years later they met in London, and discovered they shared a language, a history, and a love of great food.
Jerusalem sets 100 of Yotam and Sami's inspired, accessible recipes within the cultural and religious melting pot of this diverse city. With culinary influences coming from its Muslim, Jewish, Arab, Christian and Armenian communities and with a Mediterranean climate, the range of ingredients and styles is stunning. From recipes for soups (spicy frikkeh soup with meatballs), meat and fish (chicken with caramelized onion and cardamom rice, sea bream with harissa and rose), vegetables and salads (spicy beetroot, leek and walnut salad), pulses and grains (saffron rice with barberries and pistachios), to cakes and desserts (clementine and almond syrup cake), there is something new for everyone to discover.
- Forfattere: Yotam Ottolenghi & Sami Tamimi
- Publisert: 2012
- Innbinding: Innbundet
- Språk: Engelsk
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ISBN: 9780091943745

Secret Kuala Lumpur
Ordinær pris 249,00 krLet Secret Kuala Lumpur guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Kuala Lumpur guide book. Let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures and hidden places of this amazing city.
Featuring 150 unusual and unfamiliar places, this Secret Kuala Lumpur guide is ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike. Discover a Russian Orthodox Church with Malaysian convertsSee the graves of a married couple of Muslim missionaries from Baghdad that have become a shrineUncover a little-known colonial crest of Kuala Lumpur found on the portico of an old buildingView a priceless and secret relic from the German bombing of LondonAway from the towering skyscrapers, modern shopping malls filled with designer brands and the usual touristy sites with stalls selling kitschy souvenirs, there are still many interesting secrets to be discovered in Kuala Lumpur, hidden in the back lanes and byways of the concrete jungle.This guide is essential for the experienced and intrepid traveller and adventurer who want a different flavour of Kuala Lumpur.
- Publisert: Juni 2025
- Antall sider: 244
- Innbinding: Heftet
- Språk: Engelsk
- ISBN: 9782361957919

Pakistan
Ordinær pris 429,00 kr"This is the Pakistani cookbook I've been waiting for!" – Yasmin Khan, author of Zaitoun, Ripe Figs, and The Saffron Tales The first major cookbook on Pakistani food, Pakistan is a sweeping and ambitious book that puts this delicious and varied cuisine in its cultural context. Thanks to shared borders with Afghanistan, China, India, and Iran, and a history of migration and trade, Pakistani dishes draw upon a marvellous array of flavours and ingredients that make food one of the country’s finest qualities. With over 100 recipes for sauces, chutneys, aromatic curries and subtly spiced vegetables, Pakistan is a perfect introduction to readers new to the cuisine and a welcome reminder of favourites to those already familiar.
A few of the recipes that await: Spiced Chicken Dumplings, Lentil Fritters in Yogurt, Tangy Potato Curry, Slow-Cooked Lamb, Saffron-Infused Flatbread, and Parsi Wedding Custard. Along with essays profiling each of the country’s regions, abundant and dramatic photography, and a showstopping package, Pakistan is a cookbook to be read, savoured, and cooked from every night.
- Utgitt: Mars 2025
- Innbundet
- Ant sider: 288
- Engelsk
- ISBN: 9781958417416

Ultimate Japan
Ordinær pris 409,00 krDream up the ultimate trip to JapanJapan. It’s on your bucket list, right? And deservedly so. Where else can you ride some of the world’s fastest bullet trains, soak in the hot springs of an active volcano or eat ramen and sushi served by robots? Japan is a country like no other, but with so much to see and do, where do you start?With Ultimate Japan, of course.
Bringing together everything that makes Japan so exciting, this book gives you all the inspiration you need to make your trip the best ever. Inside you’ll find:100 must-do experiences, from seeing Tokyo Tower to drinking Japanese sake to celebrating cherry blossom, plus top tips on how to make each experience happenChapters organized by interest, so whether you're into food or the future, pop culture or pops of spring colour, there's something for you Inspirational itineraries showing you how to make the most of your time, no matter what you’re intoStriking full-page photography that celebrates Japan’s top landmarks and experiencesInformation on the basics, including planning your trip, getting around, and customs and etiquetteThis Japan travel book is your ticket to the must-sees and must-dos in the country – all that’s left is to book that trip.
- Utgitt: Juni 2025
- Innbundet
- Ant sider: 256
- Språk: Engelsk
- ISBN: 9780241760314

3023 Japan
Ordinær pris 249,00 krExplore the Land of the Rising Sun with National Geographic's expertly researched Japan Adventure Map. The user-friendly design combined with unparalleled detail provides adventure travellers the ultimate tool for exploring this island nation. Coverage includes the four main islands of Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu, as well as the south-eastern tip of the Korean Peninsula. Inset maps cover Okinawa and many of the other Ryukyu Islands. Some popular destinations include the cities of Tokyo, Kyoto and Nara, Mount Fuji, the Hiroshima Peace Memorial and Himeji Castle. The map is the perfect compliment to National Geographic's Japan Traveller Guide or any other guidebook. Hundreds of highlighted cultural, historical and recreational points of interest, including UNESCO World Heritage Sites, National Parks, botanical gardens, castles, churches, Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines, caves, waterfalls, hot springs, ski area and beaches, will guide you to popular tourist hot spots as well as to hidden gems away from major tourist hubs. Cities and towns can be easily found with the help of a clear and convenient index. A road network complete with distances and designations for motorways, expressways, major roads and secondary roads, will help find select a suitable route, including one off the beaten path. Other transportation features include airports, ferries routes, harbours, railroads and high-speed trains.
- Publisert: 2023
- Innbinding: Falset
- Materiale: Vannfast papir
- Målestokk: 1:1,300,000

Tokyo Guide : A Visual Key to the City for the Discerning Visitor
Ordinær pris 449,00 krGet off the beaten track and explore the authentic side of Tokyo, with a richly photographed, intoxicating mix of history and the cosmopolitan present day. Perfect for a hip, younger traveler where The Rough Guide crowd meets the Wallpaper audience this book is for anyone yearning to be inspired and excited by travel, to learn about new cultures and who is hungry for the less obvious. This luxuriously designed volume will take you on a local s tour of the city, from learning about the history of Tokyo when it was known by its original name, Edo, to experiencing a traditional bathhouse sento - or delighting in the color and drama of a classic Noh play.
Alongside the history, explore modern-day Tokyo with its vibrant and delicious street food scene, cutting-edge architecture and design, and the under-the-radar quiet spots to relax and unwind after a day of sight-seeing. There is a chapter for each of the key neighborhoods along with maps, walking itineraries and lists of the essential pit stops along the way. Whether you re planning a trip, have already been and want a keepsake to remember the city by or are simply sitting at home longing to be somewhere else, this is the perfect book for you.
- Utgitt: Mars 2025
- Innbundet
- Ant sider: 256
- Engelsk
- ISBN: 9780789345806

Burma Sahib
Ordinær pris 199,00 kr'This novel is one of his finest in a long and redoubtable oeuvre' William Boyd, New York Times From renowned author Paul Theroux comes a fascinating, atmospheric novel inspired by George Orwell's years in Burma There is a short period in everyone's life when his character is fixed forever . . .
' George OrwellEric Blair stood out amongst his fellow police trainees in 1920s Burma. Nineteen years old, unusually tall, a diffident loner fresh from Eton, after five years spent in the narrow colonial world of the Raj – a decaying system steeped in overt racism and petty class-conflict – he would emerge as the George Orwell we know. Drawing on all his powers of observation and imagination, Paul Theroux brings Orwell's Burma years to radiant life, tracing the development of the young man's consciousness as he confronts the social, racial and class politics and the reality of Burma beyond.
Through one writer, we come to understand another - and see how what Orwell called 'five boring years within the sound of bugles' were in fact the years that made him. One of John Irving’s best books of the 21st century‘Thoroughly enjoyable . .
- Utgitt: Feb 2025
- Engelsk
- Antall sider: 390
- 9780241998953

Nepal - Himalaya
Ordinær pris 299,00 krNepal at 1:900,000 on an indexed map from the Kathmandu-based Nepa Maps (Himalayan MapHouse) with enlargements presenting in more detail the four most visited areas: Mount Everest, Annapurna, Langtang and Helambu, plus Manaslu and Ganesh. The main map presents the country at 1:900,000 on a base derived from satellite imagery, with heights of numerous peaks and passes. National parks and conservation areas are highlighted. Road network includes selected local trails; domestic airports are marked. The map also shows the division of the country into regions, with town symbols indicating their administrative status. Symbols highlight various places of interest including UNESCO World heritage sites. The map has latitude and longitude lines at 30’ and is indexed, including lists of peaks, passes and lakes. The areas beyond Nepal’s borders are blank. The four enlargements provide an excellent, vivid representation of each area’s topography more peak names, highlight main trekking routes, and show campsites and locations with tourist hotels. The regions covered are: - Jiri - Mt Everest region at 1:350,000 including the whole of the trekking route from Jiri - southern part of the Annapurna Conservation Area at 1:375,000 with the whole of the Annapurna Circuit, including the spurs to Naar and Phu - Langtang and Helambu region at 1:425,000 including Kathmandu - the Manaslu – Ganesh area at 1:375,000 with Besisahar and Gorkha Also provided are lists of national parks/conservation areas/wildlife reserves, highest peaks, domestic air routes with flight times, World Heritage sites, a distance table, etc.
- Publisert: 2024
- Innbinding: Falset
- Materiale: Papir
- Målestokk: 1:900 000

Three Passes - Everest/Gokyo
Ordinær pris 299,00 kr1:50,000 scale map printed on waterproof, durable material. This beautiful, folded map, is the perfect reference map, guidebook, and planner aid to anyone attempting this long, difficult trekking adventure.
Features three passes;
Kongma La
Chola Pass
Renjola Pass
- Publisert: 2018
- Innbinding: Falset
- Materiale: Papir
- Målestokk: 1:50 000

Teatime at Peggy's
Ordinær pris 179,00 krFor 15 years, award-winning travel writer Stephen McClarence and his BBC Radio journalist wife Clare Jenkins made a series of journeys through India to learn about one of its most eccentric and fast-dwindling communities: the Anglo-Indians. Mainly descendants of British men and Indian women, their combined heritage stretches back 350 years through the times of the East India Company and the British Raj. In Jhansi - a railway hub in the state of Uttar Pradesh and inspiration for John Masters's 1950s book Bhowani Junction - the Anglo-Indian community is reduced to around 30 families.
Teatime at Peggy's shares their stories. Inspired by Jenkins' own Anglo-Indian family connections, the couple immersed themselves in the customs of this little-known dimension to India, soon developing a profound affection for their new friends, particularly for two of the area's most memorable figureheads: the title character 'Aunty Peggy', daughter and widow of railwaymen, overseer of the European cemetery, and 'friend of the great and the good, the rich and the poor'; and Captain Roy Abbott, the last British landowner in India, who never dined without wearing a blazer, cravat and immaculately pressed trousers. The authors spent hours at Peggy's kitchen table - eating cake, samosas and curry; drinking tea; welcoming eccentric characters, like Pastor Rao who could recite Winston Churchill speeches from memory; listening to stories, told in lilting accents, of the Railway Institute and May Queen Balls, Monsoon Toad Balls (where 'the ugliest, most hideous-looking man' would win the prize), waltzes and foxtrots, dancing in the jungle to Victor Silvester gramophone records, games of rummy and housey-housey, and Anglo-Indian cookery that embraced plum cake, goat's brain curry, Mulligatawny soup and crème caramel.
Warm, humorous and evocative, Teatime at Peggy's is a lyrical, loving homage to the Anglo-Indians. Filled with larger-than-life characters and with the ever-present exhilaration of 21st-century India, it is both intimate and revelatory, and a testament to the importance of tradition, community and friendship. This enchanting book is for anyone who knows India well - or who simply yearns to take the 'trip of a lifetime' to the 'sub-continent' and see things a little differently.
- Forfattere: Stephen McClarence og Clare Jenkins
- Publisert: Juni 2024
- Innbinding: Heftet
- Språk: Engelsk
- ISBN: 9781804692424

Journey Through Southern India
Ordinær pris 179,00 krJourney through Southern India is a delightfully irreverent yet insightful travel memoir that invites readers to join two wisecracking retirees on an extraordinary three-week odyssey across the dazzling landscapes of southern India. It neatly fills in some of the geographical gaps left after the duo's tour of northern India, described in author Mark Probert's 2021 book, Journey through India (2021). The two British pensioners' latest 'trip of a lifetime' proves to be an unforgettable tour brimming with strange encounters, near-misses and life-affirming moments.
This book's refreshing candour and gentle wit sweep readers into a kaleidoscope of rich experiences. With travels taking in the bustling streets of Mumbai and the serene backwaters of Kerala, ancient temples of Hampi and the modern experimental township of Auroville, the cricket world cup and the world's largest bust, this fast-moving narrative is an immersion into a dazzling world of vibrant colours, exotic aromas and cacophonous soundscapes. From your armchair, you can meet an internationally famous yoga guru, swim in the Arabian Sea and celebrate Diwali in what was once the world's second-largest city, Hampi.
Whether dodging Delhi belly with a thimbleful of Imodium, nearly causing an international incident at the Auroville exhibition centre or finding themselves accidentally stoking political fervour at a Mumbai rally, Mark and his best friend Nick gamely stumble into experiences that would shake travel certainties in even the most daring souls. Yet it is his openness to adventure, self-deprecating humour in the face of chaos and profound appreciation for the diversity of the human spirit that makes Mark such an enchanting and compelling guide on this intercultural exploration of India's intoxicating extremes. Fun yet thoughtful, and written in richly descriptive prose, Journey through Southern India takes readers far beyond a typical tour itinerary to deliver an authentic, amusing and surprisingly moving account of a traveller's quest for perspective, connection and meaning amid the beautiful contradictions of the subcontinent.
This is a perceptive, open-hearted memoir of an unforgettable journey - one that inspires us to live every adventure to its fullest.
- Forfatter: Mark Robert
- Publisert: Desember 2024
- Innbinding: Heftet
- Språk: Engelsk
- ISBN: 9781784779863

Saudi Arabia
Ordinær pris 219,00 krFrom a distance, Saudi Arabia may seem a subdued, or even dull place; but for those who take a closer look it emerges as a fascinating country, not necessarily because of its political and economic importance, but because of its people. Reticent perhaps but, on closer acquaintance, charming and warm, the Saudis form a far less monolithic society than one might expect. Divided by region, creed, and background but united in Islam, insular yet forever traveling abroad, and living with a foreign contingent that makes up nearly one-third of the population: the list goes on.
So what do Saudis have in common beyond their national dress? Culture Smart! Saudi Arabia will help you navigate the swirling waters of this important and fast-changing country. Social, cultural, and business life is demystified in concise chapters, while sections on the values, traditions, and attitudes that prevail will help you find your way through the new and unexpected situations that you are likely to encounter.
- Publisert: Juni 2024
- Antall sider: 200
- Innbinding: Heftet
- Språk: Engelsk
- ISBN: 9781787023543

Midtens rike
Ordinær pris 279,00 krDen prisbelønte forfatteren Torbjørn Færøviks mektige fortelling tar oss igjennom Kinas historie. Kina er et skattkammer for historieinteresserte. Landets skrevne historie er mer enn fire tusen år gammel, og det gjøres til stadighet nye interessante arkeologiske funn. I formann Maos styretid fra 1949 til 1976 var Kina et nokså lukket land. De siste tiårene har det åpnet seg mer. Millioner av turister har opplevd keiserpalasset i Beijing, vandret på Den kinesiske muren eller beundret den underjordiske terrakottahæren til landets første keiser, den sagnomsuste Qin Shihuang. Turisters inntrykk blir ofte flyktige, og mange forstår ikke betydningen av det de ser. Derfor er det historiske bakteppet så viktig.
- Forfatter: Torbjørn Færøvik
- Publisert: 2024
- Innbinding: Heftet
- Språk: Norsk bokmål
- Antall sider: 622
- ISBN: 9788202839383

Langtang
Ordinær pris 299,00 krLangtang, Tamang Heritage Trail - Gosainkund and Helambu
detailed trails, walking distances, altitudes - also panoramic view of Langtang & Ganesh Himal Range
- Publisert: Nov. 2022
- Innbinding: Falset
- Materiale: Papir
- Målestokk: 1:50 000

The Snow Leopard
Ordinær pris 199,00 krOne of the greatest pieces of travel and nature writing ever written. Go with Peter Matthiessen all the way to Dolpo, a Tibetan plateau in the high Himalayas. This is the account of a journey to the dazzling Tibetan plateau of Dolpo in the high Himalayas.
In 1973 Matthiessen made the 250-mile trek to Dolpo, as part of an expedition to study wild blue sheep. It was an arduous, sometimes dangerous, physical endeavour: exertion, blisters, blizzards, endless negotiations with sherpas, quaking cold. But it was also a 'journey of the heart' - amongst the beauty and indifference of the mountains Matthiessen was searching for solace.
- Forfatter: Peter Matthiessen
- Publisert: 1998
- Antall sider: 312
- Innbinding: Heftet
- Språk: Engelsk
- ISBN: 9780099771111

Shadow City
Ordinær pris 219,00 krOne of the first things I was told when I arrived in Kabul was never to walk... When journalist Taran Khan arrives in Kabul, she uncovers a place that defies her expectations. Her wanderings with other Kabulis reveal a fragile city in a state of flux: stricken by near-constant war, but flickering with the promise of peace; governed by age-old codes but experimenting with new modes of living.
Her walks take her to the unvisited tombs of the dead, and to the land of the living - like the booksellers, archaeologists, film-makers and entrepreneurs who are remaking this 3,000-year-old city. And as NATO troops begin to withdraw from the country, Khan watches the cycle of transformation begin again.
- Forfatter: Taran N. Khan
- Publisert: 2021
- Antall sider: 272
- Innbinding: Heftet
- Språk: Engelsk
- ISBN: 9781784708023

River of Time
Ordinær pris 199,00 krBetween 1970 and 1975 Jon Swain, the English journalist portrayed in David Puttnam's film, The Killing Fields, lived in the lands of the Mekong river. This is his account of those years, and the way in which the tumultuous events affected his perceptions of life and death as Europe never could. He also describes the beauty of the Mekong landscape - the villages along its banks, surrounded by mangoes, bananas and coconuts, and the exquisite women, the odours of opium, and the region's other face - that of violence and corruption.
Forfattere: Jon Swain
Publisert: 1996
ISBN: 9780749320201
Sider nr: 304

Memoirs of a Geisha
Ordinær pris 199,00 krA young peasant girl is sold as servant and apprentice to a renowned geisha house. Many years later she tells her story from a hotel in New York, opening a window into an extraordinary half-hidden world of eroticism and enchantment, exploitation and degradation and summoning up a quarter of a century of Japan's dramatic history.
- Forfatter: Arthur Golden
- Publisert: 1998
- Antall sider: 512
- Innbinding: Heftet
- Språk: Engelsk
- ISBN: 9780099771517

The Amur River - Between Russia & China
Ordinær pris 229,00 krRising in the Mongolian mountains and flowing through Siberia to the Pacific, the Amur River forms the tense border between Russia and China.
This is the most densely fortified frontier on Earth. Harassed by injury and by arrest from the local police, Thubron makes his way along both the Russian and Chinese shores. By the time he reaches the river's desolate end, a whole, pivotal world has come alive.
In his eightieth year, Colin Thubron takes a dramatic and often treacherous journey from the Amur's secret source to its giant mouth, covering almost 3,000 miles.
Winner of the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year Award 2022,
- Forfatter: Colin Thubron
- Publisert: 2022
- Innbinding: Heftet
- Antall sider: 290
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ISBN: 9781529110890

Return to Sri Lanka
Ordinær pris 249,00 krA blend of travel writing, memoir, history and current affairs that tells the story of Sri Lanka. A perfect read for first-time visitors, Sri Lankans abroad or at home, or anyone looking to deepen their understanding of one of the world’s most fascinating and paradoxical countries. Razeen Sally was born to a Sri Lankan Muslim father and a Welsh mother.
Just before his teens, a political conflict tore his family apart and he left Sri Lanka, barely going back for thirty years. When he finally returned ‘home’, he spent much of the next decade crisscrossing the island, trying to understand this paradoxical place. Blessed with nature’s bounty and an easy, pleasure-loving people, it was nevertheless scarred by ethnic conflict and the violence of civil war.
As a native and a tourist, Sally makes an ideal guide to Sri Lanka’s past and present. He won’t tell you which restaurant has the best reviews or the price of a hotel room. Instead, he will accompany you like a learned friend, sharing his journeys, pointing out the unmissable gems beyond the obvious spots, and unpacking the nation’s culture and history.
Insightful, intimate and moving, Return to Sri Lanka is an indispensable book, whether you're already familiar with this spectacular country, or planning your first visit.
- Publisert: Januar 2025
- Innbinding: Heftet
- Språk: Engelsk
- Antall sider: 431
- ISBN: 9781398544291

Without Ever Reaching the Summit
Ordinær pris 229,00 krAn awestruck love letter to one of the most spectacular places on earth, from the author of international bestseller The Eight Mountains, Paolo Cognetti marked his 40th birthday with a journey he had always wanted to make: to Dolpo, a remote Himalayan region where Nepal meets Tibet. He took with him two friends, a notebook, mules and guides, and a well-worn copy of The Snow Leopard. Written in 1978, Matthiessen's classic was also turning forty, and Cognetti set out to walk in the footsteps of the great adventurer.
Without Ever Reaching the Summit combines travel journal, secular pilgrimage, literary homage and sublime mountain writing in a short book for readers of Macfarlane, Rebanks and Cognetti's own bestseller, The Eight Mountains. An investigation into the author's physical limits, an ancient mountain culture, and the magnificence of nature, it is an awestruck love letter to one of the most spectacular places on earth.
- Forfatter: Paolo Cognetti
- Publisert: Juni 2024
- Antall sider: 160
- ISBN: 9781529925432

Empire of Genghis Khan : A Journey Among Nomads
Ordinær pris 199,00 krAs a child, award-winning travel writer Stanley Stewart dreamed of crossing Mongolia on horseback. This is the story of how that dream was fulfilled by following in the footsteps of a 13th-century Franciscan friar. Eight centuries ago the Mongols burst forth from Central Asia in a series of spectacular conquests that took them from the Danube to the Yellow Sea.
Their empire was seen as the final triumph of the nomadic «barbarians». But in time the Mongols sank back into the obscurity from which they had emerged, almost without trace. Remote and outlandish, Outer Mongolia became a metaphor for exile, a lost domain of tents and horsemen, little changed since the days of Genghis Khan.
In this remarkable book, Stanley Stewart sets off in the wake of an obscure 13th century Franciscan friar on a pilgimage across the old empire, from Istanbul to the distant homeland of the Mongol Hordes. The heart of his odyssey is a thousand-mile ride on horseback, among nomads for whom travel is a way of life, through a trackless land governed by winds and patterns of migration. On a journey full of bizarre characters and unexpected encounters, he crosses the desert and mountains of Central Asia, battles through the High Altay and the fringes of the Gobi, to the wind-swept grasslands of the steppes and the birthplace of Genghis Khan.
Vivid, hilarious, and compelling, this eagerly-awaited book will take its place among travel classics - a thrilling tale of adventure, a comic masterpiece, an evocative portrait of a medieval land marooned in the modern world.
- Publisert: 2021
- Antall sider: 265
- Innbinding: Heftet
- Språk: Engelsk
- ISBN: 9780006530275

Walks & Tours: Sri Lanka
Ordinær pris 169,00 krThis compact, pocket-sized Sri Lanka travel guidebook is ideal for travellers on shorter trips, who want to make sure they experience the destination's highlights and really get a flavour of the place. It includes ready-made walking and driving itineraries, with detailed directions, that allow you to organise your visit to Sri Lanka without losing time planning. It's sustainably printed to ensure environmental responsibility.
This Sri Lanka pocket guidebook covers: Colombo Fort and Pettah, Modern Colombo, Kelani Valley Rail Journey, Mount Lavinia and Dehiwala Zoo, Negombo via the Wetlands, Road to Kandy, Hill Country, Haputale, Ella and Bandarawela, Dambulla, Sigiriya and Anuradhapura, Minneriya and Polonnaruwa, Galle Fort, Yala National Park. Inside this Sri Lanka travel book, you will find:- 12 ready-made walks and tours - easy-to-follow walking and driving trip plans featuring the best places to visit, as well as what to do and where to eat along the way- Itinerary details - each walk or tour starts with pointers on the time taken, distance covered and how to connect with other itineraries in the book- Things not to miss in Sri Lanka - ancient temples, wildlife, beaches, botanical gardens, colonial architecture, hottest curries, mountain views, tea trekking- Curated recommendations of places - main attractions, off-the-beaten-track adventures, child-friendly family activities, chilled-out breaks in popular tourist areas- Insider recommendations - tips on how to beat the crowds, save time and money and find the best local spots.
- Publisert: Des. 2024
- Utgave: 1. utgave
- Antall sider: 168
- Språk: Engelsk
- Innbinding: Heftet
- ISBN: 9781835290613

Portraits of Tibet
Ordinær pris 599,00 krThis selection of 108 portrait images documents the many journeys made by Diane Barker to join in the everyday lives of the ancient nomadic people of Tibet. Taken over the course of thirty years, th e photographs share the timeless practices and traditions of the n omadic lifestyle as well as the shifts and changes which have beco me visible in more recent times, seeing them at work and leisure.
- Forfatter: Diane Barker
- Publisert: September 2022
- Innbinding: Heftet
- Språk: Engelsk
- ISBN: 9781912213559