The Big Trip

by Lonely Planet

Overview

So, you want to experience the ultimate overseas adventure?

Whether you're a gap year student or young traveller, taking a sabbatical or career break, a parent or guardian wanting to travel with your children, or in retirement and looking for your next adventure - The Big Trip is for you.

Advice and information in this comprehensive companion, now in its 4th edition, has been thoroughly revised and updated to include expert tips and recommendations that will help you create and enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime dream adventure abroad.

We've also added a new section about how to use your time away to turn your life's passion into a new career, with advice on gaining professional accreditation in climbing, mountaineering, diving, sailing, snowsports, wildlife guiding and more. There's also a chapter on accessible travel by Martin Heng for specialist destination and travel advice for those with a disability.

Improved accommodation advice now covers everything from cheap and cheerful digs for budget backpackers to higher-end hotels for those wishing to spend more.

Experiences include:

• Blackwater rafting through eerie glow-worm-lit Waitomo Caves in New Zealand
• Attempting a Tibetan kora (pilgrimage) around Mt Kailash, Asia's most sacred mountain
• Surfing your way along Hawaii's best beach breaks
• Getting down and dirty at the Boryeong Mud Festival in Korea
• Discovering your top temple at Angkor Wat in Cambodia
• Volunteering on a marine conservation project off the coast of Madagascar
• Learning to speak Italian at an institute in the heart of Rome
• Stirring your soul along the sacred, ghat-lined Ganges in Varanasi, India
• Learning to make Balinese dishes worthy of paradise
• Climbing to Bhutan's iconic cliff-clinging monastery, Taktshang Goemba
• Taking a tandem hang-gliding flight from Pedra Bonita over Rio de Janeiro
• Qualifying to teach everything from English to skiing, diving and mountaineering

The Big Trip is your ticket to all this and more:

• Essential pre-trip planning: health, safety, kit, costs, tickets (new tips such as five apps to keep
  you safe, nine best ways to save on air tickets online)
• Volunteering and working abroad: from freelancing and fruit picking to yacht-crewing and teaching
• Regional overviews, maps and a diverse range of road-tested itineraries
• Tips and stories from experts and travellers, who range from teenagers to seniors and those travelling with their kids
• Comprehensive directory of essential resources

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.

Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781788685788
Publisher:	Lonely Planet Global Limited
Publication date:	04/01/2019
Series:	Lonely Planet Travel Guides Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	180 MB
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Table of Contents

Introduction 3

How to Use This Book 3

The Big Trip 3

Why Go? 4

Why Not Go? 7

21 Big Trip Travel Experiences 8

Part 1 Travel Smarts 18

Get Planning 20

Paperwork 23

Money & Costs 32

Health & Safety 39

Get Packing 55

Take Off 62

Touchdown 68

Stay in Touch 71

Being a Good Traveller 76

Coming Home 80

Part 2 Tailoring Your Trip 82

Who with? 84

Transport Options 89

Accommodation 103

Accessible Travel 106

Travel Themes 109

Jobs 115

Volunteering 141

Courses 148

Part 3 Where To Go? 156

Round-the-World 158

Europe 163

Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific 182

Northeast Asia 202

Southeast Asia 220

The Indian Subcontinent 240

USA, Canada & the Caribbean 258

Mexico, Central & South America 276

The Middle East 294

Africa 308

Russia, Central Asia & the Caucasus 324

Part 4 Directories 338

British & Irish Travellers 338

North American Travellers 341

Australasian Travellers 345

Index 348