This is the book for anyone who’s been bitten by the travel bug. It won’t tell you anything about the nightlife in New Zealand or the best bed in Bogotá. But it will keep you company wherever you are with amusing anecdotes, surprising snippets, and treasured travel tips. Navigate your way through these pages and discover the longest place name in the world, what siderodromophobia is, how to survive in the jungle, where to offend by blowing your nose in public, who mistook Hitler for a doorman, and when passports stopped being written in Latin. Whether you’re waiting for a bus or whiling away the evening after a day of sightseeing, The Traveller’s Companion is just the ticket.
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From the Publisher:
Ever wonder what happens to the 36,000 tennis balls used at the annual Wimbledon championships? Or what was on the menu at Henry IV’s coronation? Would you like to know how to master the Japanese art of packing a rucksack? Or how to say hello in 20 different languages? The delightfully eclectic, exceedingly collectable volumes in the Companion Series are bursting with useful trivia and quirky facts to amuse and amaze. Pleasingly designed, eminently browsable, downright addictive.
About the Author:
Georgina Newbery is a traveller and novelist. She is based in Dorset.
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- PublisherRobson Books
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 1861057733
- ISBN 13 9781861057730
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages159
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