A safari in northern Botswana takes the traveller to a wilderness populated almost exclusively by wildlife. Here are the predators & their prey; here, too, are the elephants, the hippos & the astonishing birdlife of the Okavango Delta. This third edition of Bradt's Botswana Safari Guide: Okavango, Kalahari, Chobe Desert provides unrivalled coverage of the region's wildlife, environment & history, as well as a thorough evaluation of when, where & how to go. Accommodation options for all budgets
- from lodges to camps & hotels
- are fully revised & updated. ' If you can take only one book to Botswana, make sure it's this one'
- BBC Wildlife. Chris Mc Intyre is a director of a UK travel company specialising in southern Africa. He travels regularly throughout the region, including extended trips to Botswana.


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The highly successful Globetrotter Travel Series, which

Includes:: Travel Guides, Travel Maps, Road Atlases,

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Will Randall travels with a purpose, as well as an outrageous sense of fortune. In INDIAN SUMMER he found himself, by chance, having the extraordinary experience of helping slum schoolchildren put on a play to help save their school. In Botswana he was taken up by a headmaster to teach a class of six year olds at The River of Life school. They are football crazy & one of Will`s jobs is to take them to play neighbouring (sometimes as much as 100 miles away) schools. Camping en-route or staying in farms & rural villages, often travelling by foot or dug-out punts, thousands of antelope, elephant, buffalo & zebra follow their progress. The sound of lions, leopards & hyenas become the soundtrack of their dreams. Against all the odds they find themselves preparing for the Grand Final of the season
- the titanic clash with arch rivals, Victoria Falls Primary school. Both an endearing personal story & a travel book about a little-known but highly successful country, BOTSWANA TIME will win new fans for both Will Randall & the extraordinary country of Botswana.
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Shell Tourist Map of Botswana at 1:1, 750, 000 from Veronica Roodt Publications with enlargements for all the country’s most visited areas annotated with lists of numerous GPS waypoints for accommodation, road junctions & other important features. Road information indicates different types of roads from main tarred routes to 4WD tracks & wilderness trails. Intermediate driving distances given on roads & many 4WD tracks, with cumulative distances also indicated for main routes, plus locations filling & service stations. Border crossings are annotated with opening times & a separate list gives their GPS coordinates. The map also shows railways & local airports. Symbols indicate locations of various types of tourist accommodation. Topographic information is provided by rivers, salt pans, marshes & fossil river valleys. National Parks & nature reserves are prominently coloured, showing where necessary entry gates. The map has latitude & longitude lines at intervals of 1°, with additional GPS waypoints for main towns. Also provided is a distance table & general information for visitors to Botswana, including game park regulations.. Surrounding the main map & on the reverse are enlargements showing the country’s most visited areas in greater detail, with additional tables of GPS waypoints & tips for drivers. The enlargements cover:
- The northern part of the country with the Okavango Delta, Moremi Game Reserve, Chobe National Park & Linyanti. Cartography here is based on satellite imagery. Enlargements are provided for Ghanzi area, Chobe River Front east & west, the central part of the Moremi Game Reserve, & Savute.- Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, also with a satellite imagery base, plus an enlargement for Mabuasehube- The Tuli Block, with an enlargement for its game reserve- Makgadikgadi National Park
- Makgadikgadi Pans with a more detailed map of the Drotsky’s Caves- Naxi Pan National Park- Khutse Game Reserve- Central Kalahari Game Reserve with an enlargement for its northern area- The Gaborone area

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Botswana at 1:1, 000, 000 on a large, waterproof & tear-resistant map from Tracks 4 Africa, with roads & tracks showing both driving times & distances, plus on the reverse GPS compatible enlargements of eight most visited protected area and/or towns & extensive advice about driving in Botswana. On one side is a map of the whole country at 1:1M, with the easternmost tip including the Tuli Game Reserve as an inset but enlarged to 1:500, 000. Coverage

Includes:: most of Namibia’s Zambezi Region (previously the Caprivi Strip) & the Livingstone / Victoria Falls area. For independent travellers the map provides a detailed picture of Botswana’s road network, with grading into eight categories indicating unpaved roads off-road tracks. Virtually all the routes are annotated with both distances & driving times & the map also indicates locations of fuel supplies & car repair facilities. Entry gates to protected areas are marked & international border crossings show their opening times. Railway lines are included & the map indicates access by air transport. A very wide range of symbols provides further information including various types of tourist accommodation, visitor information points, recreational sites, historical & nature places of interest, etc. Landscape is shown by colouring for parks & reverses, swamps & salt pans. The map has latitude & longitude lines at 2º intervals. The main map indicates which areas are presented on the reverse in greater detail: sections of the Moremi Game Reserve, Khwai East & Kwai West (all at 1:50, 000), Savuti area of the Chobe National Park (1:70, 000), plus Mabuasehube area of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (1:150, 000). Each of these panels

Includes:: further enlargement (s) for its main tourist accommodation area (s). Also provided are three city maps: Gaborone with access to the Sir Seretse Khama International Airport, Maun with enlargements for the town centre & for the airport area, plus Kasane. All the panels have latitude & longitude lines at 3’ intervals. The reverse side also

Includes:: a comprehensive distance-cum-driving times table, plus extensive notes & tourist tips on various aspects of visiting & driving in Botswana.





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When Alina`s brother-in-law defects to the West, she & her husband become persons of interest to the secret services, causing both of their careers to come grinding to a halt. As the strain takes its toll on their marriage, Alina turns to her aunt for help
- the wife of a communist leader & a secret practitioner of the old folk ways. Set in 1970`s communist Romania, this novella-in-flash draws upon magic realism to weave a tale of everyday troubles, that can`t be put down. `A story to savour, to smile at, to rage against & to weep over.`
- Zoe Gilbert, author of ` Folk`

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` Brussels & all those Eurocrats on the gravy train? It`s just so boring. Why, you can`t even name ten famous Belgians!` Until 1993, Alec had never been to Belgium, so it came as some surprise when in August that year he found himself at the altar of a small church in Flanders, reciting wedding vows in Flemish. It was the start, for better or for worse, of a long relationship with this unassuming & much maligned little country. As he ordered yet another pint of Stella, it dawned on him that perhaps it was time to immerse himself in Belgian culture, especially when there were over a hundred locally produced beers on the menu. He vowed to put worldwide opinion to the test: just how boring can Belgium be? ...

Falk, one of Germany's leading publishers of street plans, produce their town plans in two different formats. Falk Extra plans are folded in a standard way, where the whole map can be opened to view the entire area it covers. For larger cities, the same mapping is also published with a special folding system designed to show only a small section of the map at one time. The whole map can be opened but it will be cut in several places. Many find these street plans very user-friendly & easier to handle than conventional maps. The plans, which cover towns with their outer suburbs, indicate main landmarks & public buildings & show all the public transport facilities, one way streets & car parks. Plans of lager cities include a separate map of the town centre at a more detailed scale & a diagram of the underground & the suburban rail network. The plans also show the postal divisions & have an extensive street index which, where appropriate, shows individual postal codes for each street. Map legend

Includes:: English. Falk Extra plans also include on the reverse a road map of the surrounding area.

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Bouches-du-Rhône & Var départments of France at 1:150, 000 in Michelin’s Local Series, with highlighting for scenic routes, an index, a special panel with best sights & recommended driving tours, & street plans of central Aix-en-Provence, Arles, Draguignan, Fréjus, Istres, Marseille & Toulon. PLEASE NOTE: our coverage image, provided by the publishers, does not take into account which areas along the edge of the map are blocked by the index & the additional features; on the western side of the map the north-eastern corner beyond Apt is not included – on the eastern side, the north-eastern corner above Vence is also not covered. Maps in Michelin’s Local Series of France have the same cartography (road network & place names shown on the maps) as the publishers’ Regional Series at 1:200, 000 but enlarged here to 1:150, 000 to provide greater clarity & larger, easier to read print size. Road network is presented in great detail, indicating width, motorway services & rest areas, dangerous or restricted entry roads, steep gradients, height & weight restrictions, etc. Scenic sections are highlighted. The maps also show selected cycle paths & nature trails. Railway lines are shown with stations & local airports are marked. Symbols indicate various places of interest, with additional star rating for best sights, based on the publishers’ Green Guides for French regions. Satellite-derived base with colouring for the forested areas & boundaries of national or regional parks shows the topography. In the mountainous regions the maps have bold, very effective relief shading, with a large number of names of peaks, passes, & other topographic features. The maps have latitude & longitude lines at 10’ intervals & are indexed. Map legend

Includes:: English. Each title in addition

Includes:: a panel showing the area’s principal roads & places of interest, plus recommendations for sightseeing tours. Also provided are town centre maps of main cities, indicating principal traffic arteries, one way streets & places of interest. Only selected streets are named & listed in the accompanying index. Please click on the series link to see all the titles in this series.



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In Bought, Borrowed & Stolen Allegra Mc Evedy brings together the art of travel writing & the joy of cooking. This book is a personal dive into food & cultures, filled with Mc Evedy's favourite dishes eaten over twenty years of travelling, tasting & scribbling. As a chef Allegra had developed a healthy admiration for the tools of her trade, & searching for a knife that reflected the country she was currently eating in became her quest. Stories of her travels are told through the knives she has collected on the way, from aesthetically-crafted filleting knives from Scandinavia to simple, effective & impressive African tools, &

Includes:: several recipes inspired by each country. From Spanish pea & ham croquetas & Malawian pumpkin curry to Brazilian breakfast juice & Cuban banana daiquiri's
- these are straightforward & interesting recipes you will have never cooked before but will want to eat again & again.A genuinely unique book in the world of food & travel.


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