Secret Destinations

Secret Destinations

Author: Diana M. Mohrsen

Publisher: FriesenPress

Published: 2022-06-28

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 1039136915

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How much of the world do we miss when we focus on the destination rather than the journey? As Diana Mohrsen sets out on an eight-day solo road-trip through parts of British Columbia and Alberta, she makes a conscious effort to be in the moment—to let her surroundings guide her to feelings of peace and gratitude. In her first travelogue, Mohrsen brings the reader along on the four thousand kilometer journey through her photographs, by noting the animals and scenery she sees, and by reflecting on the beauty and spirituality of the world around her. As she slows her life down, and appreciates each moment, she is open to the unexpected. It is this encounter with the unexpected that can take a traveller to a secret destination.


Unruly Places

Unruly Places

Author: Alastair Bonnett

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 054410157X

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Alastair Bonnett explores extraordinary, off-grid, offbeat places including micro-nations, moving villages, secret cities, and no man's lands. Consider Sealand, an abandoned gun platform off the English coast that a British citizen claimed as his own sovereign nation, issuing passports and making his wife a princess. Or Baarle, a patchwork city of Dutch and Flemish enclaves where crossing the street can involve traversing national borders. Or Sandy Island, which appeared on maps well into 2012 despite the fact it never existed.


Hidden Destinations

Hidden Destinations

Author: Jon R. W. Thomas

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014-06-01

Total Pages: 121

ISBN-13: 1312239719

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""Selecting the right travel agent can lead to good travel experiences especially if your agent has unusual abilities."" Claire wanted to ease her way into the travel industry, but her supervisor made her training experience dreadful. What seemed to be a simple request resulted in profound transformations for Claire. How will she use these newly discovered abilities?


Hidden Places

Hidden Places

Author: Sarah Baxter

Publisher: White Lion Publishing

Published: 2020-03-03

Total Pages: 147

ISBN-13: 1781319200

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Wander off the beaten track to uncover the world’s most secret destinations: discover an ancient gateway to the Mayan underworld, a mysterious underwater monument sunken off the Ryukyu Islands in Japan or a prehistoric village covered for centuries by a huge sand dune in the Orkney Islands. Travel journalist Sarah Baxter’s evocative words instantly transport you to twenty-five of the world’s most obscured places. From remote locations that visitors must trek and wade just to catch a glimpse of, to forgotten cities only recently revealed and places purposefully hidden as sanctuaries from persecution, each destination has a very human story at its heart. Savour a moment to delight in the serenity and seclusion of the secret escapes collected in this beautifully illustrated guide, full of surprise, wonder and sights otherwise unseen.


Flyfisher's Guide to Colorado's Lost Lakes and Secret Places

Flyfisher's Guide to Colorado's Lost Lakes and Secret Places

Author: Kephart, Mike

Publisher: Wilderness Adventures Press

Published: 2014-12-12

Total Pages: 375

ISBN-13: 1940239044

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Colorado's high elevation offers spectacular, often tremendous fishing that is more often relayed via rumor than reliable report. But in the Flyfisher's Guide to Colorado's Lost Lakes and Secret Places, veteran angler Mike Kephart gives you the scoop on which Colorado mountain and wilderness lakes and creeks fish well, how to get there, the difficulty of access, and what you can expect to catch. These largely untapped fisheries can be off the table to anglers who can't invest the time and effort required to access them only to find poor fishing. Kephart has done the leg-work – and the cast-work ­– to determine which lakes hold the big ones, the high populations, the hatches, and the rare species like greenback cutthroat and golden trout. The fish in these hard-to-access places can be eager to eat, so getting to the right ones is worth the effort. Beyond the lakes, Kephart covers some remote canyons and gorges, and side canyons within gorges where he's found excellent fishing. The author has done the research, sometimes fishing the lakes several times before discovering the bounty. He also covers forest fires, oil development and grazing as those topics apply to fly fishing in the area. Mike Kephart has paid his dues and yours ­­– take advantage of this great opportunity with this new guide from Wilderness Adventures Press.


Unruly Places

Unruly Places

Author: Alastair Bonnett

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2014-07-08

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 054410160X

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This “guide to weird, ruined, and wonderful spots” across the globe explores disappearing islands, forbidden deserts, and much more—a “terrific book” (Los Angeles Times). At a time when Google Maps Street View can take you on a virtual tour of Yosemite’s remotest trails, it’s hard to imagine there’s any uncharted ground left on the planet. But in Unruly Places, Alastair Bonnett rekindles our geographical imaginations with excursions into some of the world’s most peculiar places—such as moving villages, secret cities, no man’s lands, and floating islands. Bonnett investigates Sandy Island, a place that appeared on maps until just two years ago despite the fact that it never existed; Sealand, an abandoned gun platform off the English coast that a British citizen claimed as his own sovereign nation, issuing passports and crowning his wife as a princess; Baarle, a patchwork of Dutch and Flemish enclaves where walking from the grocery store’s produce section to the meat counter can involve crossing national borders; and many other curious locales. In this “delightfully quirky” guide down the road much less traveled, Bonnett reveals that the most extraordinary places on earth might be hidden in plain sight (Ron Charles, Washington Post).


Secret Places

Secret Places

Author: Frank Stewart

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13:

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Prior to Nepal's constitutional reforms in 1990, poets and fiction writers were often jailed and censored for speaking out. Nevertheless, they developed ways to discuss social and political issues in their creative works and to express the lives of Nepal's diverse peoples. Nepali authors in Secret Places include Shailendra Sakar, Majul, Peter J. Karthak, Kesang Tseten, and Manu Brajaki. The volume also contains an informative interview with Mohan Koirala, one of Nepal's most respected poets, and Samrat's essay A Kingdom Orphaned about the effects of the massacre of the royal family on the country and its people.