THE END OF ELSEWHERE Taras Grescoe - Travels Among the Tourists

In The End of Elsewhere author Taras Grescoe travels the world in search of what makes tourists tick.

This is a used travel book in good\average condition: has been read a few times; spine is creased and curved; pages are nice and clean and aging lightly; a couple of light marks on first page; strong binding; a bit worn but a solid, clean reading copy. See photos for cover blurb and sample pages. The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

Publisher's blurb: In the collective unconscious the shore of dreams - The Beach of Alex Garland's backpacker utopia - was uncommercialized, undiscovered by guidebook writers. And preferably, one suspects, uncontaminated by natives.' Hoping to discover what compes 700 million travellers to set out each year, Taras Grescoe embarks upon the well-worn tourist trail, armed with his trusty travel bibles - the Michelin and Lonely Planet guides. He starts from the tip of Spain's Land's End, crossing the entire Eurasian landmass in 9 months, to reach China's End of the Earth. Along the way he stumbles across English teenagers vomiting on the beaches of Corfu and beer-soaked Australians hollering from Contiki buses, smokes opium on hill-tribe treks in Thailand and visits the Window of the World theme park in Hong Kong. The End of Elsewhere combines a riotous on-the-road odyssey with a brilliant history of tourism, and is to be treasured by anyone who has been conned by 'authentic' travel.

Book Details

Code: SKU1393

Condition: See notes and photos below

Binding: Paperback

Pages: 309

Published: 2004 by Serpant's Tail, UK

ISBN: 1852428678

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