National Geographic Traveler [Idioma Inglés] - Softcover

The book is chock-full of "The Traveler Series'" attractive new features, such as insider tips from National Geographic and local experts to favourite or little known sites and events, as well as dozens of sidebars highlighting experiences that allow the visitor to truly get the most from their trip, including wading among curious wild dolphins off the western coast, camel trekking in the Outback desert, and diving among giant clams and vivid coral at the Great Barrier Reef and Wales. Special sidebars give detailed information on many topics such as Australian wine, cricket, bush fires, Aborginal art, and the many cultural festivals of Southern Australia. In addition, the book features seven guided drives through some of the land's more spectacular scenery and numerous guided walks in Sydney and Melbourne. A thorough Travelwise section recommends hotels and restaurants throughout the country in all price ranges. Whether you're visiting the lush forests and wildflowers of the Snowy Mountains, fishing for trout in the rivers of Tasmania, or taking in a concert at Sydney's world-famous Opera House, this guide has everything you need for a memorable trip.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

Alfred Wainwright, author of the legendary Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells, was born in Blackburn in 1907. He left school at the age of thirteen for a job in the Borough Engineer's office. A holiday at the age of twenty-three kindled a life-long love affair with the Lake District. After moving to Kendal in 1941, he devoted every spare moment he had from then until 1966 to researching and compiling the original Pictorial Guides. For this labour of love he was awarded the MBE.

Further walking guides followed, along with volumes of sketches of the landscapes that meant so much to him. A Coast to Coast Walk, first published in 1973, was the last of his trademark pocket-size Pictorial Guides.

A Wainwright died in 1991, aged eighty-four.

The revisions to this new edition of a Coast to Coast Walk have been undertaken by Chris Jesty, who assisted Wainwright with the maps on his last two large-format books. Chris trained as a cartographer with the Ordnance Survey, and Wainwright himself said, not long before he died, that if ever his guides were to be revised, Chris Jesty should be given the job. The second edition of Wainwright's seven Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells, revised by Chris Jesty throughout, has been much praised.