Download or read book The Story of an Indian Backpacker Solo in South America written by Obaidur Rahaman and published by . This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INDIAN BACKPACKER? A common reaction to the juxtaposition of these two words is "no such thing exists". Are you tired of reading the typical accounts of Western travelers? Do you want to know what it means to go to the other side of the world for an Eastern traveler? Are you afraid of traveling alone? If any of your answers to the questions above is yes then this is the perfect book for you. Obaidur Rahaman, a native of India, starts reflecting on the "why am I unhappy?" question while pursuing his scientific career in Paris. After several months of self analysis he tracks it down to being afraid due to a lifelong conditioning of a conservative society. Convinced that the best way to overcome a fear is to face it, he chooses to face one of his fears, the fear of travelling alone. Soon after Obaidur embarks on a solo journey in South America. As the story unfolds it becomes clear that this is not going to be a typical story of a western backpacker. There are limitations and perils of travelling with an Indian passport. As he continues with his journey, he passionately explores the history, culture, and natural beauty of South America while constantly struggling with dilemmas, overestimated problems and occasional panic attacks. But he never loses heart, learns from his mistakes and keeps walking on his uncertain, unforeseeable, ever changing path. But what happens when he gets stranded in the Amazon unable to get the visa to cross the border? What happens when he is expected to give a talk in Spanish in front of a class full of Portuguese-speaking students. What happens when he gets caught up into a storm while boating alone in a lake infested by caimans (crocodilians) and piranhas?
Download or read book An Indian Backpacker s Diary written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Backpacking North East India written by Abhijeet Deshpande and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2017-12-19 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: …Strikes first blood in its league to present an inspirational account of journeys through North East India and its people, culture and lifestyles. BHAICHUNG BHUTIA International soccer player, recipient of Arjuna and Padma Shri Awards, and politician An absolutely awesome account of a traveler telling the true picture of this beautiful region of our country. Thanks for highlighting the beauty of our people too. Great work and a great book. L. SARITA DEVI Two-time World title and five-time Asian titles holder in women's boxing, and recipient of Arjuna Award Backpacking North East India packs a powerful punch. If you think of travel in this unexplored land, pick up a copy today. M.C. MARY KOM Six world boxing titles, Olympic medallist, Asian champion, and recipient of Padma Bhushan award Brisk and colourful, peppered with personal anecdotes of bandhs, reflections on politics and social values, drawn upon wandering on the highlands and low plains of the states of the North East, Abhijeet and Navita Deshpande pack a lot literally into their rucksacks for this backpacker's manual which should be a useful guide on not just where to go and what to do, what not do and where not to venture but also what to keep your eyes and ears open for, in these lands of many stories, ethnic groups and magical experiences, the warmth of ordinary people and the challenges of daily life. SANJOY HAZARIKA Director and founder, Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research (C-NES), JMI; innovator of boat clinics in Assam; eminent journalist; independent filmmaker; author of many books including Strangers of the Mist
Download or read book The Shooting Star written by Shivya Nath and published by Penguin Random House India Private Limited. This book was released on 2018-09-14 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shivya Nath quit her corporate job at age twenty-three to travel the world. She gave up her home and the need for a permanent address, sold most of her possessions and embarked on a nomadic journey that has taken her everywhere from remote Himalayan villages to the Amazon rainforests of Ecuador. Along the way, she lived with an indigenous Mayan community in Guatemala, hiked alone in the Ecuadorian Andes, got mugged in Costa Rica, swam across the border from Costa Rica to Panama, slept under a meteor shower in the cracked salt desert of Gujarat and learnt to conquer her deepest fears. With its vivid descriptions, cinematic landscapes, moving encounters and uplifting adventures, The Shooting Star is a travel memoir that maps not just the world but the human spirit.
Download or read book Lost in the Valley of Death written by Harley Rustad and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "By patient accumulation of anecdote and detail, Rustad evolves Shetler’s story into something much more human, and humanly tragic, into a layered inquisition and a reportorial force....suffice it to say Rustad has done what the best storytellers do: tried to track the story to its last twig and then stepped aside." —New York Times Book Review In the vein of Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild, a riveting work of narrative nonfiction centering on the unsolved disappearance of an American backpacker in India—one of at least two dozen tourists who have met a similar fate in the remote and storied Parvati Valley. For centuries, India has enthralled westerners looking for an exotic getaway, a brief immersion in yoga and meditation, or in rare cases, a true pilgrimage to find spiritual revelation. Justin Alexander Shetler, an inveterate traveler trained in wilderness survival, was one such seeker. In his early thirties Justin Alexander Shetler, quit his job at a tech startup and set out on a global journey: across the United States by motorcycle, then down to South America, and on to the Philippines, Thailand, and Nepal, in search of authentic experiences and meaningful encounters, while also documenting his travels on Instagram. His enigmatic character and magnetic personality gained him a devoted following who lived vicariously through his adventures. But the ever restless explorer was driven to pursue ever greater challenges, and greater risks, in what had become a personal quest—his own hero’s journey. In 2016, he made his way to the Parvati Valley, a remote and rugged corner of the Indian Himalayas steeped in mystical tradition yet shrouded in darkness and danger. There, he spent weeks studying under the guidance of a sadhu, an Indian holy man, living and meditating in a cave. At the end of August, accompanied by the sadhu, he set off on a “spiritual journey” to a holy lake—a journey from which he would never return. Lost in the Valley of Death is about one man’s search to find himself, in a country where for many westerners the path to spiritual enlightenment can prove fraught, even treacherous. But it is also a story about all of us and the ways, sometimes extreme, we seek fulfillment in life. Lost in the Valley of Death includes 16 pages of color photographs.
Download or read book Backpacking for a Purpose written by Akira White and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-05 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story a woman who thought that there is only one way to achieve fulfilment in life by continuous success in your career. It is until she went out on solo travel with intent of working for a social cause, she had a sense of purpose in her life and everything around her changed. The new perception of life helped her to preserve the importance of small things in life.In this story book "backpacking for purpose" Ravneet recounts her first solo travel to Nepal and her experiences throughout the journey, meeting strangers, working for a school reconstruction, teaching English to local community. She talks the practical ways to add a sense of purpose in your regular 9-5 job life and feel content in the end of day. The author of this book is typically an Indian. She recites her story based on her experiences of frustration and lack of confidence during college phase due to hurdles in her career and how she changed the way she felt about herself after going for solo backpacking. The story captures the Indian mind sets towards long term travelling as a student. She has also pointed out the differences in the freedom of making career choices in western and Asian countries. She is a very academic oriented person however few years back she would grind herself to achieve her career goals without focusing on inner Engineering. Through this book she wants to reach out to adults and help them to understand the importance of balanced life and finding their true purpose in the live.Read this Story with just one click!
Download or read book Beyond the Hippy Trail to India written by Simon Andrews and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-13 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting with an overland trip to India in 1975, a true story of a journey through 40 countries. Unusual and life changing experiences often happen more when traveling than in our own home environment and often when least expected."Beyond the Hippy Trail to India" is a true story that mixes the wonderlust of a backpacker with exposure to a World of unexpected danger through five continents.
Download or read book The Backpacking Housewife The Backpacking Housewife Book 1 written by Janice Horton and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2018-07-06 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘A feelgood read that reminds us it’s never too late to live the life you want’ 4* SUN One mum is leaving it all behind for the adventure of a lifetime...
Download or read book Marching Powder written by Thomas McFadden and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2004-05-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rusty Young was backpacking in South America when he heard about Thomas McFadden, a convicted English drug trafficker who ran tours inside Bolivia's notorious San Pedro prison. Intrigued, the young Australian journalist went to La Paz and joined one of Thomas's illegal tours. They formed an instant friendship and then became partners in an attempt to record Thomas's experiences in the jail. Rusty bribed the guards to allow him to stay and for the next three months he lived inside the prison, sharing a cell with Thomas and recording one of the strangest and most compelling prison stories of all time. The result is Marching Powder. This book establishes that San Pedro is not your average prison. Inmates are expected to buy their cells from real estate agents. Others run shops and restaurants. Women and children live with imprisoned family members. It is a place where corrupt politicians and drug lords live in luxury apartments, while the poorest prisoners are subjected to squalor and deprivation. Violence is a constant threat, and sections of San Pedro that echo with the sound of children by day house some of Bolivia's busiest cocaine laboratories by night. In San Pedro, cocaine--"Bolivian marching powder"--makes life bearable. Even the prison cat is addicted. Yet Marching Powder is also the tale of friendship, a place where horror is countered by humor and cruelty and compassion can inhabit the same cell. This is cutting-edge travel-writing and a fascinating account of infiltration into the South American drug culture.
Download or read book The Backpacker s Guide written by Kate Spencer and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Back to Earth written by Kerry Temple and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2005 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Back to Earth is the powerful, personal journey of a man in his middle years who senses that he has drifted away from the ideals of his youth and who must now search for coherence, belief, and a renewed spirituality following the breakup of his marriage and family. Living alone in a cabin in the woods, Temple searches his past and tells tales of experiences backpacking in Colorado, Dakota, New Mexico and Alaska. His reflections focus on the spiritual and redemptive qualities of nature, the American character, and the dilemmas of the split between matter and spirit, body and soul, God and creation. As an "earnest pilgrim with a short attention span", Temple's story chronicles his journey from an intimacy with the earth to an alienation from it, and the need of all humans to find a redemptive reunion. The book is a kind of pilgrimage as the author tries to get back home, to find God, to learn what our species once knew, and to rediscover the heart and soul of creation.
Download or read book One Man Goes Backpacking written by Ketan Joshi and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-22 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kumbh Mela - The world's wonder in my own backyard - the world's largest pilgrimage destination, a giant gathering of pilgrims, godmen and Naga sadhus. I had to see it! But how? I had no tickets, no plans, no information, no money and no clue - but the Patron Saint of Idiots blessed me.A series of miracles - the world's strangest job interview, a miserable unreserved train journey, serendipitous stays - got me to the Kumbh Mela - and then onward to the holy city of Varanasi. Before this trip, I lost my backpacking virginity in an epic off-the-cuff trip to East India. We escaped our office cubicles to bumble through Bengal and thereabouts - from Calcutta to Kamakhya! We explored historical cities, 'Shangri La's in the mountains, forgotten palaces, old war zones, ancient tantric temples and wild jungles full of rhinos and elephants. The Patron Saint of Idiots had a full time job taking care of us! - we missed trains, lost our reservations, got drunk....and even blundered into ancient minefields with unexploded mines Hilarious, informative and inspirational - this is the Indian travel story you need to read. -----------------------------Ketan Joshi is the author of the best-selling 'Three men on motorcycles' series, and has explored India extensively on foot and on two wheels.
Download or read book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian National Book Award Winner written by Sherman Alexie and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-01-10 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times bestseller—over one million copies sold! A National Book Award winner A Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot. Heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which is based on the author's own experiences, coupled with poignant drawings by Ellen Forney that reflect the character's art, chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he was destined to live. With a forward by Markus Zusak, interviews with Sherman Alexie and Ellen Forney, and black-and-white interior art throughout, this edition is perfect for fans and collectors alike.
Download or read book Backpacking With Chad in India written by Chad Thomson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-02-21 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When young American Chad Thomson sets out to backpack around the world, little does he know how much of an impact the world will have on him. In this first installment of his travel memoirs, Chad begins his round-the-world travel adventure in typical American style. Come with Chad as he follows exactly what the Bible tells him (not the Holy Bible, the travelers Bible) and immerses himself in the local culture of India, meeting people from Australia, the USA and even one or two Indians! Join Chad as he travels from Delhi to Agra to see the (barely visible) Taj Mahal, then on to Mumbai where he manages to insult a survivor of the terror attacks, onward to the beaches of Goa and a three week drinking marathon with his new (unrequited) best friend from Australia and finally to Jaisalmer in Rajasthan where he takes an unforgettable two day camel safari with a twelve year old boy who Chad thinks might have been called Dave. He has misadventures along the way in fast food restaurants, Gandhi's house, the Thar Desert and dirty bathrooms. Come and see India from an American's perspective with Chad Thomson, typical American backpacker!
Download or read book Around India in 80 Trains written by Monisha Rajesh and published by Nicholas Brealey. This book was released on 2012-11-08 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Crackles and sparks with life like an exploding box of Diwali fireworks." -- William Dalrymple In 1991, Monisha Rajesh's family uprooted from Sheffield to Madras in the hope of making India their home. Two years later, fed up with soap-eating rats, severed human heads and the creepy colonel across the road, they returned to England with a bitter taste in their mouths. Two decades on, she turns to a map of the Indian Railways and takes a page out of Jules Verne's classic tale, embarking on an adventure around India in 80 trains, covering 40,000 km - the circumference of the Earth. She hopes that 80 train journeys up, down and across India will lift the veil on a country that has become a stranger to her. Along the way, Monisha discovers that the Indian Railways - featuring luxury trains, toy trains, Mumbai's infamous commuter trains, and even a hospital on wheels - have more than a few stories to tell, not to mention a colourful cast of characters. And with a self-confessed "militant devout atheist" in tow, her personal journey around a country built on religion isn't quite what she bargained for...
Download or read book How Not to Travel the World written by Lauren Juliff and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was hitting rock bottom that convinced Lauren to quit her job, sell everything she owned, and travel the world alone. It wasn't an easy decision: she suffered from debilitating anxiety, was battling an eating disorder, and had just had her heart broken. Not only that, but she had so little life experience that she had never eaten rice or been on a bus. She'd hoped leaving everything behind would help her find and heal herself, but instead Lauren's travels were full of bad luck and near-death experiences. She was scammed and assaulted; lost teeth and swallowed a cockroach. She fell into leech-infested rice paddies, was caught up in a tsunami, had the brakes of her motorbike fail, and experienced a very unhappy ending in Thailand. It was just as she was about to give up on travel when she stumbled across a handsome New Zealander with a love of challenges... How Not to Travel The World is about following your dreams, no matter how many curveballs life throws at you. It's about learning to get out of your comfort zone, finding the humour in messed up situations, and falling in love with life on the road.
Download or read book Backpacker written by and published by . This book was released on 1978-02 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Backpacker brings the outdoors straight to the reader's doorstep, inspiring and enabling them to go more places and enjoy nature more often. The authority on active adventure, Backpacker is the world's first GPS-enabled magazine, and the only magazine whose editors personally test the hiking trails, camping gear, and survival tips they publish. Backpacker's Editors' Choice Awards, an industry honor recognizing design, feature and product innovation, has become the gold standard against which all other outdoor-industry awards are measured.
