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Book Review: Lonely Planet – Across Asia on the Cheap [1973]

August 5, 2014 By James Clark 8 Comments

Lonely Planet – Across Asia on the Cheap [1973]

If you have travelled in Southeast Asia you will no doubt be familiar with Lonely Planet Southeast Asia on a shoestring, also known as “The Yellow Bible”. Even if you are too cool for guidebooks you will have seen newbie backpackers clutching this nervously at bus stations, or seen a tattered copy at a guesthouse, […]

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Book Review: 101 things to do in Bangkok

November 27, 2012 By James Clark Leave a Comment

101 things to do in Bangkok

Bangkok is a sprawling city which does not give away its highlights easily, and if you don’t know your way around it’s easy to miss many of its highlights. I’m fortunate in that I know some locals who offer me recommendations of things to do. One of those locals is travel blogger Mark Wiens from […]

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Book Review: The Food Traveler’s Handbook by Jodi Ettenberg

October 10, 2012 By James Clark Leave a Comment

The Food Traveler’s Handbook by Jodi Ettenberg

I have been meaning to introduce a travel book review section here at Nomadic Notes for some time, so without further procrastination, I introduce: Travel Book Reviews. With this series, I intend to highlight travel fiction, travel memoirs, useful guidebooks, and books related to the digital nomadic/location-independent lifestyle. I am starting off this series with […]

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