India: (Lonely Planet Country Guide)

A guide to one of the world's premier adventure travel and trekking destination - Nepal. This work contains an Outdoor Activities chapter and coverage of 'adventure' options throughout the regional chapters.

Features: a City Diary that takes readers to the best events and festivals around; an Itineraries chapter that allows travellers to plan their time effectively; a neighbourhood structure that reflects how visitors see the city; a directory of practical information; and, a themes section that gives eat, sleep and shop information.

Contains recommendations for activities from hiking to diving. This work also includes a colour chapter on Vietnamese cuisine. It provides cultural coverage, including insightful interviews with locals.

In the course of 12 months in Delhi, Dalrymple peels back the successive layers of history, using material and human remains of each of the eight cities of Delhi, interlacing stories with the present and ending with the Delhi creation myth contained in the great Indian epic The Mahabharata .

After backpacking her way around India, 21-year-old Sarah Macdonald decided that she hated this land of chaos and contradiction with a passion, and when an airport beggar read her palm and insisted she would come back one day - and for love - she vowed never to return. But twelve years later the prophecy comes true when her partner, ABC's South Asia correspondent, is posted to New Delhi, the ...

A collection of essays which resulted from the author's travels around India. The subjects range from the guerrilla fighters, and vegetarian terrorists that he met, to his encounters with celebrities such as Imran Khan and Benazir Bhutto, and through to the anecdotes, myths and legends that characterize the continent.

Offering writings from Nobel prize-winning economist Amartya Sen, this book outlines the need to understand India in the light of its argumentative tradition for the success of India's democracy, the defense of its secular politics, the removal of inequalities related to class, caste, gender and community, and the pursuit of sub-continental peace.

Intended for the first-time visitors and China travel veterans alike, this guide offers advice on hotels, sights and transport. It features coverage of numerous ancient fishing villages; and do-it-yourself content - needed for such a gigantic country. It provides hotel and hostel addresses in both Chinese script and English.

A guide to Croatia. It features an itineraries section that helps visitors tailor trips to their individual interests, from outdoor activities to beaches and islands; and includes a food and drink chapter, along with a menu reader and food glossary.

An account of the world's first megalopolis.