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Gatecrashing Paradise
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Author : Tom Chesshyre
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2014-11-27
Gatecrashing Paradise written by Tom Chesshyre and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-27 with Travel categories.
Away from the five-star hotels and beyond luxury hideaways, Tom Chesshyre travels to see the real, unexplored Maldives, skirting around the archipelago's periphery, staying at simple guesthouses, and using cargo ships and ferries. He discovers that beyond the glossy brochures lies an almost undiscovered country that is brimming with life, yet also a paradise teetering on the brink of trouble. In the Maldives outsiders used to be banned from islands not officially endorsed as tourist resorts, but now a thousand sandy shores can be visited in this remote nation deep in the Indian Ocean the flattest on Earth. This is island-hopping for the twenty-first century, sailing around 600 miles of the most beautiful islands and atolls on Earth, often to communities that have not seen an outsider for decades, ...and gatecrashing the odd posh hotel.
Gatecrashing Paradise
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Author : Tom Chesshyre
language : en
Publisher: Nicholas Brealey
Release Date : 2014-11-27
Gatecrashing Paradise written by Tom Chesshyre and has been published by Nicholas Brealey this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-27 with Travel categories.
Away from the five-star hotels and beyond luxury hideaways, Tom Chesshyre travels to see the real, unexplored Maldives, skirting around the archipelago's periphery, staying at simple guesthouses, and using cargo ships and ferries. He discovers that beyond the glossy brochures lies an almost undiscovered country that is brimming with life, yet also a paradise teetering on the brink of trouble. In the Maldives outsiders used to be banned from islands not officially endorsed as tourist resorts, but now a thousand sandy shores can be visited in this remote nation deep in the Indian Ocean the flattest on Earth. This is island-hopping for the twenty-first century, sailing around 600 miles of the most beautiful islands and atolls on Earth, often to communities that have not seen an outsider for decades, ...and gatecrashing the odd posh hotel.
Descent Into Paradise
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Author : Daniel Bosley
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2023-09-13
Descent Into Paradise written by Daniel Bosley and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-13 with Political Science categories.
‘Rich and valuable’ ANJAN SUNDARAM ‘Honest ... written in sharp, rippling prose’ ANDREW FIDEL FERNANDO ‘A brave and timely effort’ JASON BURKE ‘Immersive and eye-opening’ HASSAN UGAIL ‘A moving, personal and heartfelt tale of the real Maldives: far deeper and more sinister waters than the azure lagoons of the resorts for which it is famed’ JJ ROBINSON In the autumn of 2011, the postman-turned-journalist Daniel Bosley embarked on an unexpected adventure which started as an internship in London’s Maldives High Commission – the diplomatic mission of the Indian Ocean tourism hotspot. Little did he know that he would soon set off on an odyssey through an imperilled island nation undergoing one of the most tumultuous periods in its history. Over the next seven years, Bosley worked as a journalist in the Maldives, reporting on its volatile political landscape and shattering the picture-perfect view of this supposed paradise. Taking us into a nation of a thousand isles, he reveals a shaded past of sultans, imperialists and Western explorers before a modern-day dictatorship was finally overturned by a democracy that immediately plunged into turmoil. While dissenters and intrepid reporters faced abduction, imprisonment, and even death, the climate crisis and Islamist zealots posed ever greater threats to the country’s vulnerable environment and its ancient culture. As the editor of the Maldives’ main English-language news website, Bosley witnessed some of these events first-hand, his personal distress assuaged only by the love and hope he would come to find – against all odds – within these isolated atoll communities. Richly observed and infused with empathy and essential humour, Descent into Paradise thoroughly alters our understanding of the Maldives, a place where magical waters and surreal skies hide unthinkable dangers even as the struggle for justice risks submersion.
Ticket To Ride
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Author : Tom Chesshyre
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2016-04-14
Ticket To Ride written by Tom Chesshyre and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-14 with Transportation categories.
Tom Chesshyre has made it his mission to experience the world through train travel – on both epic and everyday rail routes, aboard every type of train, from colonial steam locomotives to high-tech bullet trains. Join him on a whistle-stop tour of some of the most exhilarating journeys around the globe, from Sri Lanka to Tehran and beyond.
Slow Trains Around Spain
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Author : Tom Chesshyre
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2022-04-14
Slow Trains Around Spain written by Tom Chesshyre and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-14 with Transportation categories.
Between soaring mountains, across arid deserts, parched plains and valleys of fruit orchards and olive groves, down glittering coastlines and along viaducts towering above plunging ravines... there is no better way to see Spain than by train. Rail enthusiast Tom Chesshyre, author of Slow Trains to Venice, Ticket to Ride and Tales from the Fast Trains, hits the tracks once again to take in the country through carriage windows on a series of clattering rides beyond the popular image of “holiday Spain” (although he stops by in Benidorm and Torremolinos too). From hidden spots in Catalonia, through the plains of Aragon and across the north coast to Santiago de Compostela, Chesshyre continues his journey via Madrid, the wilds of Extremadura, dusty mining towns, the cathedrals and palaces of Valencia and Granada, and finally to Seville, Andalusia’s beguiling (and hot) capital. Encounters? Plenty. Mishaps? A lot. Happy Spanish days? All the way.
Lost In The Lakes
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Author : Tom Chesshyre
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2023-04-13
Lost In The Lakes written by Tom Chesshyre and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-13 with Travel categories.
Join travel writer Tom Chesshyre for a lakeland adventure like no other. Explore towering mountains, wide-open valleys and magnificent lakes - stopping off at a cosy inn or two along the way - on a 379-mile hike around the Lake District From Penrith and back, via Keswick, Cockermouth, Coniston, Grasmere and Windermere, plus many places in between, Tom Chesshyre puts on his walking boots and sets forth in a "big wobbly circle" around the Lakes, drawn onwards by the dramatic scenery that attracts more than 19 million visitors each year. Across landscape that so inspired the Romantic poets, he takes in remote parts of the parkland that many tourists miss - enjoying encounters aplenty with farmers, fell runners and fellow hikers, while staying in shepherds' huts, bothies and old climbers' hotels along the way, and even going for a (chilly) dip in Derwentwater. This is the Lake District seen from its walking paths - with just a backpack, an open mind... and a spring in the step.
Slow Trains To Istanbul
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Author : Tom Chesshyre
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2024-06-13
Slow Trains To Istanbul written by Tom Chesshyre and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-06-13 with Travel categories.
Ever dreamt of dropping everything and adventuring cross-country to the edge of the Orient? From London via Paris, Naples, Nuremberg, the Swiss Alps, Budapest and into the furthest corners of Eastern Europe across Romania, Bulgaria and Greece, join Tom Chesshyre on his fascinating journey to Istanbul and back.
Slow Trains To Venice
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Author : Tom Chesshyre
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2020-08-13
Slow Trains To Venice written by Tom Chesshyre and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-13 with Transportation categories.
Do you love trains and adventure? If so, join Tom Chesshyre on his meandering rail journey across Europe from London to Venice. Escaping the rat race for a few happy weeks, Chesshyre indulges in the freedom of the tracks with no set plans. As the trains lead the way, his trip takes him as far east as Ukraine before winding back to his destination.
From Source To Sea
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Author : Tom Chesshyre
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2018-06-14
From Source To Sea written by Tom Chesshyre and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Authors, artists and amblers have always felt the pull of the Thames, and now Tom Chesshyre is following in their footsteps. He’s walking more than 200 miles from the Cotswolds to the North Sea. Seeing some familiar sights through new eyes, Chesshyre explores the living present and remarkable past of England’s longest and most iconic river.
Park Life
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Author : Tom Chesshyre
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2021-09-09
Park Life written by Tom Chesshyre and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-09 with History categories.
If the pandemic has taught us one thing, it's that people love parks Wherever we are in the world, urban parks are places where we can find calm amid the chaos. With fondness and humour, travel writer Tom Chesshyre recalls 50 of his favourite urban parks from across the world, in a love letter to the green escapes that bring us joy in our cities.