Grounded : a down to earth journey around the world / Seth Stevenson
- Bib ID:
- 4935260
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Stevenson, Seth, 1974-
- Description:
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- Pymble, N.S.W. : HarperCollins, 2010
- 304 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9780732287979
- Summary:
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In the spirit of Around the World in Eighty Days, Seth Stevenson sets off with fellow traveller Rebecca as expert navigatrix, determined to savour every unexpected bump in the road - and see everything you miss by flying over it. He bunks on cargo freighters, cruise ships and ferries, rides on rickshaws, motorbikes and double-decker buses, drives a car across the Australian outback, pedals a bicycle through Vietnam, rattles across Russia on the Trans-Siberian Railway - and even abandons Rebecca in Singapore to maintain his 'no fly' rule. This funny, wise and thoroughly entertaining armchair tour around the world is a timely reminder of what travelling should be.
- Full contents:
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- Washington, D.C., to Philadelphia
- Philadelphia to Antwerp
- Antwerp to Tallinn
- Tallinn to Fushiki
- Fushiki to Beijing
- Beijing to Hanoi
- Hanoi to Bangkok
- Bangkok to Singapore
- Singapore to Brisbane
- Brisbane to Los Angeles
- Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., and points beyond
- .
- Notes:
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- "How to really see the world by not flying over it"--Cover.
- First published: New York : Riverhead.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2010
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