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Sahara Overland: A Route and Planning Guide
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About Sahara Overland: A Route And Planning Guide
Product description The most complete survival guide for budget travelers in 34 Asian countries and the Russian republics. A whopping 452 maps, town plans, and transportation routes--all in easy-to-use formats--makes this a definitive guide for a long-haul trip around Asia. Detailed visa information is given on hard-to-enter countries and the latest news on border crossings. 16 color photos. From the Publisher Other 'Overland' Trailblazer titles include 'Asia Overland' and 'Istanbul to Cairo Overland'. And we even have a 'Honeymoon Guide' too! From the Author Interested? Then visit my websites - you will not be disappointed. From the Back Cover The Sahara Desert remains one of the world's most fascinating and mysterious wildernesses. Looking beyond the romance of shimmering oases and magical dunes, this guide is a fully comprehensive handbook to understanding and exploring the world's greatest desert. Inside you'll find information on: documentation, what you need and how to get it; choice of transport; preparing your vehicle without spending a fortune; Trans-Mediterranean ferries; thirty-five off-road routes and detailed itineraries, many with GPS waypoints, covering 16,000km in nine countries; improvising repairs, plus desert driving and riding techniques; navigation and survival, what to do when things go wrong; background on the Saharan people, prehistoric art and land forms. Also included are 45 maps, 280 black and white photographs and 26 color photographs. (5 1/4 x 8 1/4, 544 pages, color photos, b&w photos, maps, charts, diagrams) About the Author Chris Scott first visited the Sahara on a Yamaha motorcycle in 1981, writing about his desert biking years in Desert Travels. Since that time he has returned to the Sahara several times on bikes, 4WDs and on organised tours. In the last two years alone he has visited the Sahara half a dozen times researching information on Sahara Overland. He has spoken at the Royal Geographical Societys travel seminars is also the author of the Adventure Motorbiking Handbook (www.adventure-motorcycling.com) and co-author of Australia, the Rough Guide. Chris Scott is a member of travelguidewriters.com.
