I wrote How to See the World on $25 a Day or Less because too many people are missing the experience of international travel, mainly because they don't realize how easy, fun, and economical it is to pack a bag and just go.
I also wrote this book because how one travels is far more important than where one travels. Not only is low budget independent travel the only way to experience other cultures on an intimate, participatory level, but it's a great way to learn about yourself.
Part One is called Techniques of World Travel. You will learn:
- How to meet people
- How to communicate simply and effectively
- How to get cheap flights
- About all kinds of accommodation, including hostels, backpacker hotels, pensions, private homes, and campgrounds
- About exchange rates, black market exchanges, and currency exchange tips
- How pickpockets operate, and how to avoid them and other rip-offs
- How to protect your health, including information on travel clinics; immunizations; water purification, travelers' diarrhea, malaria, yellow fever, and twenty other maladies of travel; women's concerns; how to avoid insect bites; foot care; skin wounds; heat and humidity; altitude sickness; jet lag; and travelers' medical kits
- About common pre-travel fears and concerns
- Interesting passport and visa information, the art of hitchhiking, and more
Part Two, Tools of World Travel, discusses:
- Efficient travel clothing, and tips for doing laundry on the road
- Backpacks
- Twenty miscellaneous travel items
- How to select a good travel sleeping bag
- For those who go the camping route, how to select a good travel tent and stove
- How to organize it all, so you have less stress and more time for fun
Part Three is a well-edited compendium of over forty pages of tips, considerations, and poems from myself, other travelers, and literature. Topics include street food; attitude; telephone and mail tips; how to deal with hustlers; drugs; camels; car travel; trail tips; favorite countries, etc.
There is also an annotated bibliography; eight good checklists so you won't forget anything or bring stuff you don't need; and a nine-part chapter called Useful Information.
This book will save you time and money, and help you travel safer. It may help you have some of the best and greatest times of your life. I wish you informative reading and happy traveling.