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Adventure Travel in the Third World: Everything You Need To Know To Survive in Remote and Hostile Destinations
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Adventure Travel in the Third World: Everything You Need To Know To Survive in Remote and Hostile Destinationsby Jeff Randall and Mike Perrin
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Written for amatuers by the pros, July 27, 2005 Reviewer:William Slider III "Weathered" (Cumberland, MD USA) - This book was one of the best I've read on the subject. Keep in mind it focuses on places tourists don't go; so if your headed for Europe this isn't for you. Randall and Perrin are renowned for what they do. Come on they hang out with Robert Pelton so you know they are for real. This book could save your life. Make it required reading for your next trip off the beaten path.
Book Description
Jeff Randall and Mike Perrin have years of experience leading travelers deep into the wildest cities and most rugged backcountry of the Third World. In this book, they help you recognize and minimize the many risks that come with venturing way off the beaten path so that you can come home with stories the average tourist will never be able to tell. The authors' hard-earned secrets for staying healthy and happy in remote and dangerous places include researching your destination the right way before you depart; arriving in your host country safely and with all your gear intact; acquiring guides for forbidden travels without getting rebuffed or shot; bribing and smuggling as last-ditch survival tools; dealing with the many and varied temptations of city and nightlife; being safe and self-sufficient while journeying deep in the bush; and much more.
About The Author
Jeff Randall has made dozens of trips to nearly every country in Central and South America and has worked and traveled in China, Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and many other countries. An acknowledged expert in wilderness survival skills and an accomplished designer of hard-core outdoor equipment, he is the proprietor of Randall's Adventure & Training. Mike Perrin is a graduate of the Peruvian Air Force Jungle Operations and survival School and a wilderness survival instructor specializing in tropical environments. He is a chief instructor for Randall's Adventure & Training.
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