Wednesday, December 06, 2006

1000 places to see before you die

Taglined as 'A traveler's Life List' , this book lives up to its rather boastful self-anointed claim. A 'life list' must fulfil its mission of providing a comprehensive lineup of reviews on all corners of the earth and make sure all countries (192-193 according to the Great Geography Teacher).
'1000 places' captured all these systematically in easy-to-find sections Europe, Africa, Middle East, Asia, USA, Latin America and Australasia (which it diplomatically put down as Australia, New Zealand & The Pacific Islands - instead of subsuming the beautiful likes of Fiji, French Polynesia & PNG into the term I used)
Highlighting not just the places but more importantly the experiences, it's an excellent read on:
  • the interesting sights to look out for
  • the splendour of natural sights
  • tasty food to savour
  • the people you should say hi to & more insightfully,
  • what the places mean to the people there - the soul of the place.

    Practicality being another important criteria, the book is a handy source of information on the type of experience, how to get there, contact details, cost and the most important of all - when to go to get the best bang for buck. 183 pages are devoted to the great US of A, which I suspect is some deliberate patriotic slant, but hopefully with the version solely for USA/Canada in print, the next edition will even be better in covering more far-flung parts of the earth.

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