Traveler's Tool Kit: How to Travel Absolutely Anywhere!

Traveler's Tool Kit: How to Travel Absolutely Anywhere!
by Rob Sangster

Traveler's Tool Kit: How to Travel Absolutely Anywhere!
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Author: Rob Sangster
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2000-11
ISBN: 0897323416
Number of pages: 518
Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press

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Book Review: Packed with wisdom and an extremely great value
Summary: 5 Stars

The Traveler's Tool Kit by Rob Sangster is an all-encompassing volume of how-to travel knowledge from a reliable source. The author has traveled extensively all over the world for many years and also for very extended periods per trip. The first half of the book is split between two sections, Part One: Planning Your Trip and Part Two: Getting Ready. The remaining half of the book focuses on actual "On the road" wisdom.

While the early chapters cover topics like "choosing a guidebook" and "choosing luggage" are very long-winded, especially for those with even the most basic travel experience, they are perfect for scared-stiff first-time travelers. Those not scared stiff and sweating with travel fever certainly will after reading Chapter 8, Keeping Healthy, as the author covers all the various fungal infections and parasites that you may join you during your adventure. Even though the author is very verbose, all of the text is filled with travel gems of knowledge like this one from the scary Keeping Healthy chapter:

"If your feet will be constantly wet, as they might be during an extended trek in Amazonia, coat them with Vaseline to ward off jungle rot. Sounds messy but it works."

There are more "uplifting" gems as well, like this one from "Traveling By Bus":

"Some trips combine spectacular scenery with luxury. The air-conditioned Scania superbus that cruises 1,200 miles from Santiago to Arica, Chile, has a bar, a bathroom, three movie screens, and a smiling hostess. As the sleek bus hums across the moonscape of the Atacama Desert, you spy huge boulders balanced on barren mountainsides... As heat waves shimmer outside the window, cool air breezes across your face and the hostess set an ice-cold beer at your elbow. At night, your seat reclines to nearly horizontal, a leg rest pops out, and you're in bed. All that for about $40."

Other travel gems provide advice for avoiding travel rip-offs and scams. The Traveler's Took Kit is an EXTREMLEY great value packed with sage travel advice.

Summary of Traveler's Tool Kit: How to Travel Absolutely Anywhere!

Traveler's Tool Kit offers road-tested advice on every aspect of travel, showing how to fill your life with adventure. In this updated third edition, learn how to create ideal itineraries, find the best deals, choose the right luggage, select the best travel agent or tour operator, overcome language barriers, travel safely, shop wisely, meet friendly folks and much more. Traveler's Tool Kit shows how to save money and have even more memorable journeys. Rather than listing touristy hotels and restaurants, Traveler's Tool Kit provides the tools you need to take your travel destiny into your own hands - to travel with confidence anywhere on the planet. Fascinating travel anecdotes and vivid descriptions of far-away places motivate you to hit the road. As Rob Sangster says in his travel column on Gorp.com: "The world is waiting. See it for yourself!"

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