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With travel tips and culture in our guidebooks written by a local, it is never too late to visit Shymkent, Kazakhstan. 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 candid travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination. Experience cultural, culinary delights, and attractions with the guidance of a local.

Armenia lies between Asia Minor and the Caucasus. A small country surrounded by Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Iran. The first country in the world to adopt primitive Christianity in 301. Armenia has been inhabited for thousands of years and historical sites are evidence of high culture. The "Land of the Cross Stones" and the Armenian Church, the fascinating culture between Europe and Asia and between Christianity and Islam.

Armenien liegt zwischen Klein-Asien und dem Kaukasus. Ein kleines Land, umgeben von Georgien, Aserbaidschan, der Türkei und dem Iran. Das erste Land der Welt, das im Jahre 301 das Ur-Christentum angenommen hat. Armenien ist seit tausenden von Jahren besiedelt und historische Stätten zeugen von Hochkultur. Das "Land der Kreuz-Steine" und der Armenischen Kirche, der faszinierenden Kultur zwischen Europa und Asien und zwischen Christentum und Islam.

Indonesia is an island continent of thousands of islands stretching from the Malay Peninsula to New Guinea. With tropical rainforest, smoking volcanoes, rugged cliffs and dreamlike palm beaches. Indonesia is a melting pot of cultures and religions, of ancient villages and modern civilization. The largest island country in the world, which lures with ethnic diversity and the magic of the exotic.

Indonesien ist ein Insel-Kontinent mit tausenden Inseln, die sich von der Malaiischen Halbinsel bis nach Neu-Guinea erstrecken. Mit tropischem Regenwald, rauchenden Vulkanen, zerklüfteten Steilküsten und traumhaften Palmenstränden. Indonesien ist ein Schmelztiegel von Kulturen und Religionen, von alten Dörfern und moderner Zivilisation. Der größte Inselstaat der Welt, der mit ethnischer Vielfalt und dem Zauber der Exotik lockt.

Ein Zug. Fünf Killer. Und ein Koffer voller Geld. Fünf Killer, die unterschiedlicher nicht sein könnten, sitzen zusammen mit dem Opfer einer Entführung und einem Koffer voller Geld im japanischen Hochgeschwindigkeitszug Shinkansen, der auf die Endstation zurast, an der sie einer der Bosse von Tokios Unterwelt erwartet. Erst kommt der Koffer abhanden, dann verstirbt das Entführungsopfer auf mysteriöse Weise. Die Reise wird zu einer mit aberwitzigen Dialogen gespickten Höllenfahrt, an deren Ende nur einer den Zug verlassen wird.

In the late 2000s, when the three-decade-long Left Front rule in West Bengal was crumbling, Parimal Bhattacharya began to travel outside the well-trodden urban centres to different parts of the region - from the Sundarbans to tribal Jangalmahal, from the outskirts of Kolkata to villages on the...

Do you want to travel abroad with your children? Are you interested in a family gap year? Maybe you even want to explore overseas living? Are you dreaming of #VanLife and drafting up your bucket list? Does extended travel with kids sound exciting and terrifying? Your fantasies about traveling or moving overseas won’t match the reality of day-to-day life in a foreign country, but it will prove to be the experience of a lifetime...if you're prepared.

Jonathan Copeland tells the fascinating story of an ancient art form that almost became extinct in the isolated, fabulous country of Burma, now Myanmar. He goes into the history and purpose of the shows, explains how they are made, and describes the characters of these amazingly beautiful creatures,

"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.

 Khabaar is a food memoir and personal narrative that braids the global journeys of South Asian food through immigration, migration, and indenture. Focusing on chefs, home cooks, and food stall owners, the book questions: What does it mean to belong, and what does belonging in a new place look like in the foods carried over from the old country?  

An engaging collection of travel essays by the author of The Sheltering Sky Their Heads are Green, Their Hands are Blue deals largely with places in the world that few Westerners have ever heard of, much less seen—places as yet unencumbered by the trappings, luxuries, and corruptions of modern...

Following his trek along the length of the Nile River, explorer Levison Wood takes on his greatest challenge yet: navigating the treacherous foothills of the Himalayas, the world's highest mountain range. Praised by Bear Grylls, Levison Wood has been called "the toughest man on TV" (The Times...

A boldly rendered—and deeply intimate—account of Hong Kong today, from a resilient young woman whose stories explore what it means to survive in a city teeming with broken promises. “[A] pulsing debut . . . about what it means to find your place in a city as it vanishes before your eyes...

Wielogłosowa relacja z podróży śladami wybitnych osobistości przełomu XIX i XX wieku - Stanisława Ignacego Witkiewicza i Bronisława Malinowskiego. Autorka, po uważnym przestudiowaniu zapisków obydwu podróżników, postanowiła odtworzyć ich wyprawę na Cejlon sprzed ponad stu lat. Opisom zwyczajów i obrazom współczesnej Sri Lanki towarzyszą cytaty m.in. z artykułów Witkacego dla "Echa Tatrzańskiego" i z dziennika Malinowskiego, pokazujące, jakim przemianom uległy sposoby komunikacji oraz najbardziej znane miejsca - Kolombo, Kandy, Dambulla, Matale czy Anuradhapura.

When Darin Dunn first moved to Thailand at age 22, little did he know all the adventures in store for him. In listening to this book, you will find yourself smelling the environments, tasting the food, and feeling the joy and frustration that he experienced as he made his way across the Lao frontier, down the Mekong River, through insurgent military camps in Myanmar, kayaking the mangrove forests of Southern Thailand, and dodging landmines in Cambodia and Myanmar.

It took Lawrence Bransby and his son, Gareth, three journeys into Central Asia before they were able to ride the legendary Bartang Pass. But it's another pass that becomes the focus of this story - Matts Pass in southern Tajikistan - and a motorcycle gets abandoned deep in the Pamir Mountains after father and son push the limits of their bodies and bikes just one step too far. Never before - across Africa, into the Russian taiga, or in the Western Sahara - have they had to abandon a bike and walk out...

Bloomsbury presents China Tripping, read by Paul Pickowicz, Perry Link, Katherine Jackowicz, Jeremy Murray and Song Yuen Eunice Lee. This unique book is the first to bring together a group of influential China experts to reflect on their cultural and social encounters while travelling and living...

Peaks and Lamas is one of the classic early 20th-century accounts of travelling in the Himalayas on the borders of Tibet. It is, in its way, on a par with the more famous Mystery and Imagination in Tibet by Alexandra David-Néel (also available on Dharma Audiobooks). It describes two journeys in...

Have you ever been to Vietnam? Vietnam attracts millions of tourists every single day, and the number continues to grow. In 2016 Vietnam had 10 million visitors; 2017 attracted 12.9 million; 2018: 15.5 million; 2019: 18 million visitors. Vietnam is a country in Southeast Asia, a beautiful country shaped like an S with a low cost of living and friendly people. From mountain hillside to the cities life. Tourists will definitely experience Vietnam like no other country in Asia.