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Book Corner by Debbi Honorof Travel Guides Passport to Adventure It’s almost summer, and that means trips with family and friends to locations near and far. Whether you sign on with a tour group or prefer to explore on your own, travel books can be key to making the most of your travel time and budget. Travel books proliferate; visit your local bookstore, and you’ll be amazed at the sheer quantity of travel guides to just about any city, state, country or region in the world; travel phrase books in every language you imagine; and, themed travel compendiums on topics you’ve never even thought about. Whatever your traveling goal, no matter how unusual, chances are there’s a book you can purchase, or at the very least, a website you can visit to learn more. In order to choose the travel guide that best suits your need, I recommend spending time in your local bookstore, thumbing through the guides to find the ones you are most comfortable with. Some are basic guides, printed in black and white, while others have glossy color photos with elaborate fold-out maps. All feature the essential information needed to familiarize yourself with a particular location, to learn about its history as well as options for transportation, lodging, dining, attractions, sample itineraries, and more, and all the major travel guide publishers have companion websites that offer additional information and downloads. On Fodors.com, for example, an online phrase guide allows you to see and hear 150 phrases in seven different languages, and you can download a free PDF wallet guide to key phrases in each of the seven languages. Beloware some popular travel guide series and their corresponding websites: Fodors (fodors.com) Frommer’s (frommers.com) Rick Steves (ricksteves.com) Blue Guides (blueguides.com) Michelin Must-Sees (michelin.co.uk/travel/must) National Geographic Travel Guides (shop.nationalgeographic.com) Eyewitness Travel (us.dk.com) Lonely Planet (lonelyplanet.com) Insight Guides (insightguides.com) The Unofficial Guides (wiley.com) Time Out Shortlist Guides (shop.timeout.com) Access Guides (roadtripamerica.com) Great Destinations (countrymanpress.com) City Walks (chroniclebooks.com/citywalks) Rough Guides (roughguides.com) In addition to guides to different locations, be sure to check out the vast selection of travel books with fascinating themes, like 1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler's Life List; 500 Food Journeys of a Lifetime; 500 Places to See Before They Disappear; 1,000 Ultimate Experiences; Make the Most of Your Time on Earth; and, Bed in a Tree and Other Amazing Hotels Around the World (including a hotel made completely of ice!). Wherever your travels take you this summer, make the most of your time (and money) by reading up and learning about the ins and outs of the locale you plan to visit. It’s definitely worth your time. ◆ What exactly is the appeal of the travel memoir? Western civilization has had something of a love affair with the travelogue (or travel literature, travel essay, or travel memoir – take your pick) ever since Homer penned The Odyssey almost three millennia ago. Those of you who remember your classics will recall the story of Odysseus, a Greek hero cursed by the gods. He spends 20 years battling Cyclopes, bedding nymphs and besting the elements in order to return home to his beloved Ithaca. Along the way, he takes a veritable “best-of” route through the Mediterranean, encountering everything from tropical islands to monstrous whirlpools. While the travelogue is a little more down-to-earth these days, it is no less fraught with adventure or peril. Strictly speaking, travel literature need not be a true story. But with so much to see and do in the real word, why fictionalize? The modern armchair traveler has discovered that by immersing herself in this genre, she can globetrot for far less than the cost of a plane ticket, and without leaving the comfort of her own home. A slew of authors have been more than happy to oblige her needs: everyone from Charles Darwin, to Paul Theroux (my mom’s favorite travel writer) to Elizabeth Gilbert (of Eat, Pray, Love fame). These writers have little in common, except that they traveled to distant (or not-so-distant) parts of the world Travel Memoirs by Marshall Honorof and chose to share their adventures with us. While there are travelogue writers out there to suit every taste, no column on this subject would be complete without a mention of Bill Bryson, Anglo-American author of such bestsellers as Notes from a Small Island and In a Sunburned Country. In addition to a fairly impressive travel history, Mr. Bryson has the uncanny ability to turn an ordinary backyard into a socio-geographic goldmine. Both A Walk in the Woods and I’m a Stranger Here Myself take place in the northeastern United States. The former deals with Mr. Bryson’s attempt to hike the Appalachian Trail, an endeavor that he fails in the most charming, entertaining style possible. The latter is a series of articles written by Mr. Bryson upon returning to the United States after a long hiatus in England. Of similar interest is Bill Bryson’s African Diary, which chronicles a trip he took to Kenya with humanitarian organization CARE. The book is replete with Mr. Bryson’s signature wit and charm. Perhaps no incident is more hilarious than his death-defying trip on Kenyan Railways, which “has something of a tradition of killing its passengers.” If Mr. Bryson’s dry, somewhat-sardonic wit is not to your taste, don’t worry: there is more than 3,000 years’ worth of other travel writing out there. In addition to providing an entertaining read, a travelogue may well inspire your next vacation. Just pray that you have better luck than Odysseus. 20 • June 2010 • LONG ISLAND WOMAN To advertise: 516-505-0555 x1# or ads@liwomanonline.com
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