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Thailand ist ein Land voller Kontraste und Töne, Stimmen und Klänge, und wer sich auf die Vielfalt einlässt, wird eine faszinierende Welt erleben. Sascha Lübbe und Matthias Morgenroth sind auf eine spannende Entdeckungsreise gegangen: Sie sind mit dem Fahrrad in Bangkok durch Chinatown gefahren, haben mit Mönchen über den Buddhismus gesprochen und in einer Kochschule in Chiang Mai gelernt, wie man die perfekte Currypaste macht.

Greater Than a Tourist - Chiang Rai, Thailand by Mihir Vaja offers the inside scoop on Chiang Rai. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this audiobook will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination. From this audiobook you will discover advice that will help you throughout your stay. This book will not tell you exact addresses or store hours but instead will give you excitement and knowledge from a local.

この本の目的は日本人が現在および今後数年間日本に訪れるであろう大量の外国人や観光客への対処を手助けすることです自らが外国人や観光客として日本人が外国人の行動に苦しんでいることに気づきまた外国人の苛立ちにも気づきました このような外国人による騒音や行動の問題を食い止めるためにこの本を書いたのですこの本では外国人を理解し彼らを幸せにし同時に日本人を幸せにするために必要な十の秘訣を教えます

An audio documentary that seems like a journey through past and present. The seven sheikdoms on the Arabian Peninsula await you with oriental splendor, long history and the alluring beauty of the desert landscape.

When Stephan Orth lands in China, he knows it’s his last visit, having lied about his job as a journalist to get into the country. So, he makes the most of it, couch-surfing with locals instead of hitting the nearest hotel. Self-deprecatingly funny, compassionate, and observant, High Tech and Hot Pot is a formidable addition to a well-loved series, and offers a timely travelogue of an enigmatic country poised to become the world’s next superpower.

This self-help memoir has it all! If you or anyone you know is suffering from sex addiction, it's best to stay away from SE Asia. However if you do find yourself stuck here, there are ways to dig your way out of obsessing about women. This book is a cool and clean 19k-words that gets right to the point. It's a travel guide, a memoir, and a self-help book that will give any man a leg up when he arrives in the 'land of smiles'.

Super Cheap Maldives is a travel guide for people seeking cold-hard facts to enjoy the biggest Maldives adventure on the smallest budget. Our plans and Maldives’ fascinating history, culture, and underwater world will blow your mind, not your budget. Instantly discover everything you need for a luxurious trip to Maldives on a backpackers budget.

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want to try something new? Would you like some guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Greater Than a Tourist book is for you. Greater Than a Tourist - Singapore by Ahilya Kulkarni offers the inside scoop on Singapore.

We've specifically developed our language courses for audio learning, so you can complete other tasks while learning Hindi. You can learn while you are running, working out, walking, driving, or even when you are doing chores. Our parallel audio learning system teaches you wherever you are, without requiring a reference manual.

In April 2014 Mark Horrell went on a mountaineering expedition to Nepal, hoping to climb Lhotse, the fourth-highest mountain in the world, which shares a base camp and climbing route with Mount Everest. But when a devastating avalanche swept across the Khumbu Icefall, he got more than he bargained for. Suddenly he found himself witnessing the greatest natural disaster Everest had ever seen.

Greater Than a Tourist: Seoul, South Korea by Agne Civilyte offers the inside scope on Seoul, South Korea. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there's nothing wrong with that, as a part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this audiobook will give you travel tips from someone who lives at your next travel destination. In this audiobook, you'll discover local advice that will help you throughout your stay.

Weaving adventure and deep reflection with the history of science and exploration, Lands of Lost Borders explores the nature of limits and the wildness of a world that, like the self and like the stars, can never be fully mapped.

For those looking to live in Japan, this series offers penetrating cultural insights to give you a clear idea of what you're in for. Sparing you years of wondering why things are the way they are, Steve gives you the lay of the land with his distinct perspective and sense of humor.

In Kathmandu, a retired English schoolteacher visits an orphanage where he meets a young man desperate to train as a doctor. After a year's agonizing indecision, the Englishman takes up the challenge and promises to sponsor him. What follows is a life-changing experience in which he himself comes to be adopted into a Nepalese family as brother, uncle, friend and godfather. This book offers a unique and warm-hearted look into the dilemmas of low-caste family life living on the brink in Nepal.

To this day, China remains an enigma. Ancient, complex and fast moving, it defies easy understanding. Ever since he was a boy, Alexandre Trudeau has been fascinated by this great country. Recounting his experiences in the China of recent years, Trudeau visits artists and migrant workers, townspeople and rural farmers.

"Cuadernos perdidos de Japón" recoge las impresiones, tanto a vuelapluma como reposadas, de Patricia Almarcegui durante dos viajes a Japón separados por una década. Una reflexión profunda sobre la cultura, la sociedad, lo popular y lo íntimo, un viaje que empieza en el territorio y termina en el interior, que recorre una tierra extraña para encontrar el corazón de quien viaja.

Greater Than a Tourist China - 300 Travel Tips from Locals gives you the inside scoop on China. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this book will give you travel tips from those who have lived at your next travel destination.

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want an edible experience? Would you like some culinary guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Eat Like a Local book is for you. Food has the ability to tell you a story of a destination, its landscapes, and culture on a single plate. Most food guides tell you how to eat like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Eat Like a Local series, this book will give you a food guide from someone who has lived at your next culinary destination.

Tessa Keswick first travelled to China in 1982 and immediately fell in love with its history, culture and landscape. Over the next 30 years, she travelled extensively in China, visiting its temples and landmarks, the sites of its most famous battles and the birthplaces of its best-known poets and philosophers. She also witnessed China's transformation, as hundreds of millions were lifted out of poverty and the country emerged as an economic superpower in waiting.

Maugham spent the winter months of 1919 travelling 1500 miles up the Yangtze river. Always more interested in people than places, he noted down acute and finely crafted sketches of those he met on countless scraps of paper. In the resulting collection we encounter Western missionaries, army officers and company managers who are culturally out of their depth in the immensity of the Chinese civilisation.