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Lonely Planet Amazing Boat Journeys

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Lonely Planet Amazing Boat Journeys offers a curated collection of unique and breathtaking waterways around the world. This travel guide takes you through a variety of waterways, including vibrant river cruises and serene coastal routes, providing insights into the landscapes, cultures, and adventures found on each journey. Whether you are planning a trip or simply dreaming of new horizons, this book inspires travel by highlighting both popular and off-the-beaten-path destinations.
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Lonely Planet Amazing Boat Journeys

Experience 60 of the world's greatest adventures on water- from sailing the Nile by felucca and cruising the Canadian Arctic, to exploring Pitcairn Island by cargo ship. With detailed accounts of each route, beautiful photos and practical tips on how to plan your voyage, Amazing Boat Journeys helps you discover a more rewarding way of travelling.

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Experience 60 of the world's greatest adventures on water—from sailing the Nile by felucca and cruising the Canadian Arctic, to exploring Pitcairn Island by cargo ship. With detailed accounts of each route, beautiful photos, and practical tips on how to plan your own voyage, Amazing Boat Journeys will help you discover a more rewarding way of travelling.

From the seafaring Polynesians to the Chinese Age of Discovery, travel by water shaped the world. That same spirit of exploration compels Lonely Planet writers today to travel by cargo freighter and fishing vessel to the world's most remote islands; to hop onto mailboats in the Bahamas; or to experience life on a historic sail-powered windjammer.

These journeys are eclectic and wide-ranging, from the wonder of a glass-bottomed boat ride through Florida springs to the ease of a thatch-roofed kettuvallam exploring Kerala's famed backwaters. Old-fashioned paddlesteamers ply the length of the Mississippi in the style of the 1800s, and cruise ships on the Yangtze feature enthusiastic karaoke in Mandarin. Off-the-beaten-path cruises include Antarctica and Papua New Guinea.

On the opposite end of the spectrum from a weeks-long journey over open seas is the charm of seeing a city from the water, whether crossing Victoria Harbour via Hong Kong's classic Star Ferry, viewing the banks of London from the Thames, or traversing Bangkok on the Chao Phraya River.

Each trip includes authoritative commentary, awe-inspiring photography, and details of life on board the vessel, similar routes, and how to make the trip happen.

About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, on mobile, video and in 14 languages, 12 international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more.

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ISBN: 9781788681308

Publisher: Lonely Planet Global Limited

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 11 October 2019

Country: Ireland

Imprint: Lonely Planet Global Limited

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 192.0mm

Height: 245.0mm

Weight: 1150g

Pages: 304

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