Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit
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Using pictures of ancient artefacts and modern photographs, this book examines how the legacy of Ancient China lives on today. Paper and printing were known and used there many years before they reached the rest of the world. Chinese engineers built some of the first canals and Chinese scientists invented the compass, gunpowder and porcelain.
Gives up-to-date information on island-hopping by ferry or plane and explores the greatness of the Lesser Antilles. A new special section on Caribbean music and Caribbean arts and crafts and with on stones left unturned from Carnaval on the largest island, Trinidad, to the tiny, rugged an often overlooked Saba.
The fourth edition of Micronesia provides information on the whole of the region including Kiribati and Nauru. It also includes information on local customs, culture, arts and languages and tips on the best diving & snorkelling spots.
This definitive guide to Europe's oldest kingdom will have you sailing in the wake of the Vikings or nibbling pastries in Copenhagen's cobblestone street cafes; waking up in a Renaissance castle or cycling past Ero's patchwork farms - no to mention meeting a 2000-year-old bog-man in Jutland. Packed with invaluable travelling tips and advice, everything you'll need to discover the heart of this most progressive of countries is right here.