Blending color photos with exciting 'you are there' travel diaries and dialogue

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	• Once in a Lifetime Trips: The World's 50 Most Extraordinary and Memorable Travel Experiences Chris Santella Clarkson Potter, 2009 - 224 pages average customer review:based on 4 reviews view larger image
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Fifty Unique Places to Visit on Earth and Beyond

From the author of //Fifty Places to Sail Before You Die//, as well as the other //Fifty Places to . . .// books, comes a unique collection of locations on and above our planet: //Once in a Lifetime Trips: The World's 50 Most Extraordinary and Memorable Travel Experiences//. Having visited most of these places himself, Santella doesn't just try to give readers some truly special and awesome places that our planet has to offer, but also to make a unique trip, journey, or experience out of it. The book is divided by definition of how one can reach certain places: by sea, in the jungle, in the mountains, in the country, in the city, and even in the sky. Each location has a two- to three-page entry featuring one or two photographs highlighting it, as well as a storytelling description of how one can best experience this unique place told through second person.

Some predictable places are mentioned--like Easter Island, the Galapagos, and climbing a mountain in the Himalayas. And some (if not a good percentage) of the places mentioned are out of most peoples' price ranges, such as: "The World's Greatest Opera Houses by Private Jet" and "Visiting the International Space Station." Others require extreme fitness and skill: "Heli-skiing in New Zealand's Southern Alps" and "Coasting on the King's Trail of Sweden." Nevertheless, Santella does provide a detailed page at the end as to how one can take a trip to each of these unique locations and whom they should contact. While a map may be needed for some readers to know just where these places are, they will at least delight and give reader's ideas about what they might like to do to make their next trip a //Once in a Lifetime// experience.

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Alex C. Telander

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Superb for Planning That Special Trip

Every few years, I like to take a special trip and try to do something very different. I thought this book might help with the planning. Well, the only problem now is that I'll be too tempted to wait a few years between trips. The combination of incredible photography and clear, well-researched writing makes this a fantastic resource for those looking to plan anniversaries, unique family gatherings, or getaways with special friends. I can't say that all of these are viable adventures for me, but I can dare to dream.

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Blending color photos with exciting 'you are there' travel diaries and dialogue

Once In a Lifetime Trips: The World's 50 Most Extraordinary and Memorable Travel Experiences covers everything from navigating Alaska on a luxury boat that can sail where cruise ships can't to roughing it on the Amazon in Peru and exploring wild Boreno. Any general library catering to travelers will find this an inspirational guide to such world highlights, blending color photos with exciting 'you are there' travel diaries and dialogue. A top pick.

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Once in a Lifetime Trips

Lovely book ... very helpful to us when we decided to put together a long-range strategic vacation plan for our family. It gave us a lot of good ideas in an easy to read manner.

Book Description
Fly-fish in the virgin waters of the Chilean fjords, arriving by helicopter; navigate Alaska on a boat as luxurious as a four-star hotel but small enough to sail where the big cruise ships can?t; embark on a private-jet tour to the great opera houses in Europe with behind-the-scenes passes: experience the classic links of the British Open. Once in a Lifetime Trips is a trove of ideas for travels that are unique, decadent, and off the beaten path.

Each trip is captured through stunning photography and an essay based on in-depth interviews with experts who have firsthand knowledge of the destination and itinerary. Once in a Lifetime Trips goes way beyond what a standard guide offers: these trips are intended to be distinctive events that you will remember for the rest of your life. Chris Santella distills each experience and describes just what makes it extraordinary--whether it?s the culture of the place, a venue?s incredible isolation, or the unique amenities available to the traveler. Organized by destination--on the ocean, on an island, in the jungle, in the mountains and the desert, in the country, in the city, in the sky--Once in a Lifetime Trips is as much a vicarious and thrilling reading experience as it is a source of ideas and inspiration for anyone in search of a remarkable journey.

A Look Inside Once in a Lifetime Trips

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Elephant Safari in Botswana Paddling Polynesia The Spice Islands by Phinisi

Hiking the Canadian Rockies Savoring Siena by Steed

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