The Big Trip (Lonely Planet)

So, you want to experience the ultimate overseas adventure?Whether youre 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 onceinalifetime dream adventure abroad.Weve also added a new section about how to use your time away to turn your lifes passion into a new career, with advice on gaining professional accreditation in climbing, mountaineering, diving, sailing, snowsports, wildlife guiding and more. Theres 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 higherend hotels for those wishing to spend more.Experiences include: Blackwater rafting through eerie glowwormlit Waitomo Caves in New Zealand Attempting a Tibetan kora (pilgrimage) around Mt Kailash, Asias most sacred mountain Surfing your way along Hawaiis 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, ghatlined Ganges in Varanasi, India Learning to make Balinese dishes worthy of paradise Climbing to Bhutans iconic cliffclinging monastery, Taktshang Goemba Taking a tandem hanggliding flight from Pedra Bonita over Rio de Janeiro Qualifying to teach everything from English to skiing, diving and mountaineeringThe Big Trip is your ticket to all this and more: Essential pretrip planning: health, safety, kit, costs, tickets (new tips such as five apps to keepyou safe, nine best ways to save on air tickets online) Volunteering and working abroad: from freelancing and fruit picking to yachtcrewing and teaching Regional overviews, maps and a diverse range of roadtested itineraries Tips and stories from experts and travellers, who range from teenagers to seniors and those travelling with their kids Comprehensive directory of essential resourcesAbout Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the worlds number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, weve printed over 145 million guidebooks and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. Youll also find our content online, on mobile, video and in 14 languages, 12 international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more.