Travel Asia

Get By in Japanese is devised specifically for travellers. The 70-minute download will help you to get to grips with the basics of spoken Japanese, and introduces the most relevant language you'll hear when you're there. Listen to the audio a couple of times to practise the key phrases and vocabulary, and familiarise yourself with Japanese pronunciation.

全国初の市版＆九州版として誕生し話題となった『地球の歩き方 北九州市』。歴史あり、美食あり、自然ありの知られざる魅力がつまったガイドブックが、今度はオーディオブックになって登場！

Sumo, Sony und Sashimi: So viel Japan kennt jeder. Mangas, Karaoke und andere Importe gehören längst auch bei uns dazu - und doch ist uns ihre Heimat fremd. Andreas Neuenkirchen entschlüsselt aufs Unterhaltsamste Land und Leute. Er verrät, wie Sie in Restaurants und Privathaushalten, in buddhistischen Tempeln, beim Small Talk oder in Geschäftsverhandlungen glänzen. Welche Speisen schmecken - und vor allem, wie man sie isst. Sie erfahren, was Sie mit Stäbchen zu tun und zu lassen haben und was es mit dem Mythos vom Schlürfen auf sich hat.

“You did what? Where?" When I tell people I traveled to Mongolia to photograph a horse race there is often confusion. Even my friends and family struggled to understand. I was a mother of three struggling to build a business for myself. But when I had the opportunity to travel across the world for several weeks away from everything and everyone I loved, I jumped at the chance and left it all behind for a while.

Il Laos è la fonte, da qui partono due viaggi: uno fisico e uno interiore, che scorrono alternandosi e unendosi, capitolo dopo capitolo, in un vortice ritmato di umanità, geopolitica e rock and roll. L'autrice, dopo un tradimento subìto, parte per una grandiosa avventura che dalla capitale del Laos, Vientiane, la spingerà fino alla Scandinavia, attraversando tutta l’Asia centrale. Da sola, via terra.

There was someone standing further along the beach, facing out to sea. An old man dressed in...I blinked...battle fatigues? Second World War US by the looks of the helmet. I looked on for a moment, squinting into the sun-streaked coconut smoke. "You won’t like Bonga’s Guest House, I can tell you now. Maximo Bonga," said the fisherman’s wife. She was lost for words, shaking her head. "Maximum Bongo?" I asked. "Bonga," she said. "It means flamboyant." Based on a true story.

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want an edible experience? Would you like some culinary guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Eat Like a Local book is for you. Eat Like a Local –Manila by author Elleio Samson offers the inside scoop on food in the metropolitan area. Culinary tourism is an important aspect of any travel experience.

If you are planning to go to Tokyo for vacation or business, you only have two or three days, and you want to make the best of your short stay, then you have come to the right place. The focus of this audiobook is to make your short stay one of the most memorable experiences of your life.

Eat Like a Local - Thailand by Niklas Ray offers the inside scoop on food in Thailand. Culinary tourism is an important aspect of any travel experience. Food has the ability to tell you a story of a destination, its landscapes, and culture on a single plate. Most food guides tell you how to eat like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Eat Like a Local series, this book will give you a food guide from someone who has lived at your next culinary destination.

Die transsibirische Eisenbahn - die längste Zugstrecke der Welt und eine Reise voller Abenteuer und Magie. Erlebnisse auf der Strecke von Hamburg über Helsinki, St. Petersburg und quer durch Russland über den Baikalsee und die Mongolei nach China.

Is India ready for superpower status or too far behind China to ever catch up? In his career as one of India's leading journalists and entrepreneurs, Raghav Bahl has often faced this question, and many others, from bewildered visitors.

Fred’s Diary 1981 is a fascinating insight into a young man’s travels around Asia in the early 1980s. This is a unique opportunity to start delving into Fred's daily diary, which details the 158 days he spent traveling around Asia. In this first part of the book, you can follow Fred during his travels to Hong Kong and Thailand.

"Travel words and phrases in Thai". 300 essential words and phrases, at the hotel, the restaurant, at work, etc, and the 100 most common verbs. Thai - or Ayutthaya or Siamese - is the sole official and national language of Thailand, and the first language of the Central Thai people and vast majority of Thai of Chinese origin. Native speakers: 70 million. Total speakers: around 110 million. How to learn a language differently? Today, language learning is revolutionized: you do not have to go to traditional language classes anymore.

Greater than a Tourist: Nashik by Monali Deshmukh offers the inside scoop on Nashik. Most travel audiobooks tell you how to sightsee. Although there's nothing wrong with that, as a part of the Greater than a Tourist series, this audiobook will give you tips from someone who lives at your next travel destination.

The "Kingdom on the Roof of the World" with its magical mountain peaks that has preserved its culture and remarkable ancient architecture to this day. A fascinating documentary about Nepal, the land of snow-capped mountains, home to the gods. Pokhara, Kathmandu, Patan, Bhaktapur, Pashupatinath, Bodnath, Changu Narayan, Sankhu, Kirtipur, Chobhar, Panauti, Banepa, Dhulikhel In the shadow of the mighty main ridge of the Himalayas lies Pokhara. Seven freshwater lakes, known as Pokharis, gave the once important trading city its name.

Nicht jeder Reisende hat in Tokio sein Herz gelassen. Als seelenlose Großstadt verschrien, wo Arbeit mehr wiegt als Familie und Freizeit (Gesundheit gar), als Abbild einer Konsumgesellschaft abgestempelt, wo jeder Ablauf koordiniert ist und kein Raum für Individualität bleibt – die Stadt spaltet die Gemüter, vor allem bei Besuchern mit wenig Zeit, aber hohen Erwartungen.

The troubling and bizarre life of Sheila Carfenders, a 22-year-old mental patient abducted by her abusive San Francisco psychiatrist. Doctor Mask takes Sheila to an impoverished Asian country decaying from a violent insurgency, where he hopes to build an experimental psychiatric clinic after making deals with the corrupt regime and its delirious leader President Akimbo. Sheila's fate? Unexpected amid a coup. Richard S. Ehrlich is an American journalist from San Francisco, California, reporting news from Asia since 1978, and won Columbia University's Foreign Correspondent's Award. Many of ...

Miles Hewitt is a natural-born traveller whose wanderlust adventures are illustrated by powerful themes as tensions mount and contrasting stories unfold. Miles & Miles is split into two eras. "On the Road" represents the globe-trotting years of 1973 to 1981 when Miles was a wide-eyed, curious young man, hungry for new experiences. He begins with an overland journey from England to Australia and back again followed by a spell as an expedition driver in the Near East.

Greater Than a Tourist - India by Manidipa Bhattacharyya offers the inside scoop on India. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there's nothing wrong with that, as a part of the Greater Than a Tourist series this book will give you tips and a bunch of ideas from someone who lives at your destination. Here, you'll discover local advice that will help you throughout your stay.

10代の頃からミュージシャンを生業としてきた古舘佑太郎は、32歳でバンドを解散。自分自身も未来も見えなくなるなか、先輩のサカナクション・山口一郎に「カトマンズに行け！」と命じられる。