Responsible hospitality connects to rural communities and creates lasting impression. Travel ennobles the spirit and puts away with prejudices- Oscar Wilde- Travel is evolving, ever more aware of reducing its environmental impact. The next step is a kind of experience that revives rural areas in a sustainable way. A growing number of hospitality venues use only local craftspeople, celebrate local skills and produce, and reinvigorate the land around them. Visitors here are more than guests, they are in direct contact with a whole culture and help strengthen the bonds within the community. In Slow Escapes, sustainable tourism expert Clara le Fort introduces converted monasteries, transformed windmills, and many other enchanting places around the world, that embrace slow living and breathe new life into a region. This book shows us how travel can be a saving grace for the long term. It is for everybody who wishes to be more than a mere consumer of place.
When you are leaving the comfort zone for an outdoor adventure the most incredible things can happen.
This book showcases what it's like to experience the full spectrum of life. From encountering different cultures to embracing the freedom of nature, making friendships, and traversing through new landscapes, this adventure ultimately takes you on a journey of self-discovery. Filled with striking imagery and expert advice, this book details a 40,000-kilometer journey spanning four years across several countries and continents using one's own muscle power.
Leaving the Comfort Zone provides valuable firsthand accounts and insights to plan your own expedition, from where to stay, what to eat, and who you might expect to encounter along the way. A vivid chronicle of the human spirit, and what happens when you leave your comfort zone in exploration of the unknown.
There's really nothing quite like the freedom of the open road. And there's nowhere on the planet more thrilling to traverse by car than the United States, a country that in many ways is the birthplace of the modern road trip. As more and more travelers are looking to reduce their reliance on flying, The Great American Road Trip is about seeing the world on wheels, not wings. This book is about both the iconic routes and the roads less traveled, crossing barren deserts, otherworldly canyons, snowy mountains, and dramatic prairies - all without crossing a border. From the bourbon trail in the south to retracing the underground railroad, each route in this book has a story to tell.
Covering 84 million acres, North America's national park system casts a remarkable impression on the landscape. Each containing a wealth of wildlife and rich histories, these astonishing spaces are brimming with natural wonders. PAJEC takes you on a thrilling tour in every direction. Home to the tallest trees on Earth, the world's largest carnivores, several colossal waterfalls, and plantlife that reaches the horizon, national parks are intrinsically American; and there's a park for everyone! From the best places to go birdwatching, hiking, and star-gazing, to the curious story of the canine ambassadors (dubbed B.A.R.K Rangers), PAJEC gives you the essential information, and some quirky facts, to help plan your own adventure. Together with Parks Project, the apparel company valuing environmental conservation, this book is the perfect companion for lovers of the great outdoors who want to discover rewarding, low-impact ways to enjoy the American wild.
Surfing is a way of life, one that defines not only where we live, but how we live. Surf Shacks Volume 2 picks up where the first volume left off, exploring homes of surfers, which range from improvised cabins by the beach to penthouse apartments in big coastal cities. In this followup, we meet a fascinating cast of characters from the shores of southern California through to the wild waters of Sri Lanka, Japan and Australia.
Get in the van and hit the open road for a weekend, a vacation or a long haul across the continent. What it's like and what it takes. The Getaways shows how creativity and ingenuity can turn vans into a cozy home on the move: from the cozily minimalist to rustic charms and design icons. Take an overlander onto the snow-covered roads in the Arctic Circle, drive a converted school bus around the African continent, work between your surf sessions from rugged coastlines, take your family on a journey that creates lasting memories. This book is about a nomadic way of life that redefines mobility, and about the vehicles that enable it.
