From: mendicott@igc.apc.org (Marcus L. Endicott)
Newsgroups: rec.travel.marketplace
Subject: Special Travel Book & Newsletter
Date: 22 Nov 92 23:25:00 GMT
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1750900001:000:3426
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!mendicott    Nov 22 15:25:00 1992


book:
 VAGABOND GLOBETROTTING: STATE OF THE ART.  Revised Edition.  (Enchiridion
 International, 1989)  176pp.
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newsletter:
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reviews:
 
 >VAGABOND GLOBETROTTING... [is]... an extremely useful.. [176pp.]...
 >compendium for travellers.  The latest and best low-down for budget travel
 >anywhere.  Most such books snub their nose at such topics as hobo-ing - here
 >there's a complete section with nat'l hobo organization and newsletter
 >address!
                                              OUT YOUR BACK DOOR #5, Fall 1992
 
 >VAGABOND GLOBETROTTING... merits your attention because of the helpful tips
 >it contains, both extensive and obscure.  The book's voluminous detail will
 >aid a traveler in virtually every situation.  The chapter on what papers to
 >carry (where to get them, how much they cost, etc, etc.) covers ten pages.
 >The bibliography comprises twenty-six pages!
 >     To give you an example, Mr. Endicott suggests: "Carry enough cash for a
 >24-hour day in your wallet, enough for one week in your moneybelt, and the
 >rest of your funds in traveler's checks, also in your moneybelt.  (Also,
 >stick a couple of bills and a few traveler's checks in your document pouch.)
 >Large banknotes, such as $100 bills, can get better rates of exchange in
 >some places but can be hard to change in others.  Don't accept worn or
 >damaged bills: no one else will either."
 >     To travel inexpensively, work while vacationing.  "Business or calling
 >cards will improve your reception everywhere, especially when traveling
 >cheaply.  They will also help you find work.  People abroad love business
 >cards.  Get lots of them, and give them to everyone you meet.  You are free
 >to be whatever you wish to be...."
 >     The section on health contains information on personal hygiene,
 >microbial ecology, immunity, international certificates of vaccination,
 >traveler's diarrhea, and more.  Be aware of this uncommon knowledge: "Toilet
 >paper is expensive or unavailable in many places.  In Moslem countries, a
 >pitcher of water is provided for washing oneself with the left hand.  In the
 >wilderness, Arabs use a small rock with a flat edge instead for this."  Hmm.
 >How piquant.
 >     Buy this book.  Help arrives with each new page and Mr. Endicott's
 >philosophy will apeal ti thoses who wish to learn from and respect the
 >cultures they enter: "travel is not tourism; travel is the alternative to
 >tourism.  Tourism is industrialized travel, in fact the world's second
 >largest industry.  It is a legacy of both imperialism and industrial
 >revolution....  The Earth is a living organism, a being the ancient Greks
 >called Gaia....  These ethics form the basis for a new, and yet old,
 >esthetic of travel."  Bravo, Mr. Endicott....
                                            WORLD EXPLORER, Spring/Summer 1992
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