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| The Lonely Planet Guide to Experimental Travel | 
 enlarge | Authors: Rachael Antony, Joel Henry
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 217898
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 280
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.4 x 0.5
ISBN: 1741044502
Dewey Decimal Number: 910.202
EAN: 9781741044508
ASIN: 1741044502
Publication Date: May 1, 2005
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genius January 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
What a read. I recieved it christmas '07 when I was 17 and flicked through a few of the experiments. Now, with my travel deadline approaching I am reading the whole thing as if it were a novel. Most travel guides would be hard pushed to keep you enthralled the whole way through but ET has no trouble. Structurally it excels; theisis, apparatus, method, intro followed by a tale or two of a bohemium traveller. The introduction is concisce yet dense fit to burst with the researched thought. And that is where it excells. it is an academic work transposing the idea of "travel" into the realms of that ofsurrealism and the movement of the Dadists to name a fraction. This book will be with me through thick and thin from 1st march.
The one thing I find criminal is that Latourex have not produced a substantial catalouge, despite their own vedict Latourex is a movement of collective thought of Ages you want to join!
Different and refreshing October 1, 2005
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
In my opininon, travel is supposed to stimulate you, give you new ideas, freshen your mind. However after you travel enough ( let's say to 15-20 countries), you start to see more likeness than differences between countries, unless you visit really underdeveloped world where people are really different than we used to and so it is really rewarding to visit. This book makes travel to developed world also rewarding and exciting. I tried a couple of the experiments in the book, what a difference it makes!! I loved it.
I liked the design of the book as well, I just couldn't keep myself from watching (yes, watching) some of the pages of it.
An exceptional book June 20, 2005
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
This is a beautiful book and I would buy it just to have it on my shelf - the structure, lay-out and printing all make it stand-out and (to be honest) are what caught my eye on the book shop in the first place. But this book is much more than that.The concept is pragmatic - "help people to experiment by creating "games" that have no purpose in and of themselves but which provide a structure and starting point for new experiences". I can see this being an inspiration for "fun things to do when we are travelling." But even more interesting (to me anyway) is the philosophy that underpins the whole book - something like, "experiment with life (in this case travel) and see where it takes you.". The introduction is a little dry (a skim read for me) but the underlying idea is a very powerful concept with implications way beyond travel. Defintely one to dip into time and again and then muse over.
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