- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks; First Edition edition (1 May 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340937866
- ISBN-13: 978-0340937860
- Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 1.8 x 19.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 214,442 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Offers a passenger-eye view of this amazing revolution. Fasten your seatbelts, it's a wonderful ride.' (Mail on Sunday )
'Highly readable Bill-Bryson-esque travel writing... Chesshyre asks some timely questions, among them the ethics of flying and the cultural, not to say racial, damage inflicted by the dreaded stag-party outing' (Telegraph )
'If it's unspellable and unpronounceable, Chesshyre has been there, travelling steerage.' (The Times )
'While never lacking in humour - even in darkest Szczecin, Poland (where he goes for 1p) - Tom also makes a valid environmental point.' (Mirror )
'The resulting book is a larky yet thoughtful tour of New Europe, during which Chesshyre braves local tipples, leaps into icepools and joins some very British stag nights.' (Daily Mail )
'Highly readable Bill-Bryson-esque travel writing... Chesshyre asks some timely questions, among them the ethics of flying and the cultural, not to say racial, damage inflicted by the dreaded stag-party outing' (Telegraph )
'If it's unspellable and unpronounceable, Chesshyre has been there, travelling steerage.' (The Times )
'While never lacking in humour - even in darkest Szczecin, Poland (where he goes for 1p) - Tom also makes a valid environmental point.' (Mirror )
'The resulting book is a larky yet thoughtful tour of New Europe, during which Chesshyre braves local tipples, leaps into icepools and joins some very British stag nights.' (Daily Mail )
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'Offers a passenger-eye view of this amazing revolution. Fasten
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
When Ryanair first released their penny flights, I was highly sceptical of where they'd go. Thankfully - my mum and I got to Krakow and back, a beautiful city.
It was fascinating reading about Mr. Chessyre's adventures, particularly those in Szczecin and Poprad.
Well worth reading to open your eyes on unseen Europe.
It was fascinating reading about Mr. Chessyre's adventures, particularly those in Szczecin and Poprad.
Well worth reading to open your eyes on unseen Europe.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I laughed like a drain reading this description of some dozen cities
behind the old Iron Curtain. Not the usual tourist haunts of Amsterdam, Pargue and Paris but new destinations with wonderfully unpronouncable places in Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia and the rest, all accessible thanks to cheap flights.
Mr Chesshyre writes sympathetically about each. Only one place stands out as grim and unfriendly (I will not spoil the surprise and tell you which). As for the others, each has a gem or two that are worth seeing
and makes the flight really worthwhile. If you like Bill Bryson, you will like this, especially as Mr Chesshyre goes one step further than Mr Bryson and interviews the locals. This is a book which is great to read
on a flight or waiting at the airport. It will make a great Xmas stocking filler. I could have done without the chapter on the anti-airplane eco-warrior, a self-righteous and rather dull figure who reveals that he actually flies six times a year; it is there to provide balance with a super chapter on Stelios who gives a great account as to why it is morally right to fly and to fly often. Morally right and great, great fun.
behind the old Iron Curtain. Not the usual tourist haunts of Amsterdam, Pargue and Paris but new destinations with wonderfully unpronouncable places in Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia and the rest, all accessible thanks to cheap flights.
Mr Chesshyre writes sympathetically about each. Only one place stands out as grim and unfriendly (I will not spoil the surprise and tell you which). As for the others, each has a gem or two that are worth seeing
and makes the flight really worthwhile. If you like Bill Bryson, you will like this, especially as Mr Chesshyre goes one step further than Mr Bryson and interviews the locals. This is a book which is great to read
on a flight or waiting at the airport. It will make a great Xmas stocking filler. I could have done without the chapter on the anti-airplane eco-warrior, a self-righteous and rather dull figure who reveals that he actually flies six times a year; it is there to provide balance with a super chapter on Stelios who gives a great account as to why it is morally right to fly and to fly often. Morally right and great, great fun.
10 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
How to explain, to those too timid to have tried it, the joy of buying a preposterously cheap flight to somewhere you have never heard of, then pitching up there on spec? I have bought 0.01p flights myself, to places as diverse as Leipzig and Montpellier, so I know where Tom Chesshyre is coming from. How Low Can You Go?, his wryly readable account of "doing" Eastern Europe by low-cost airline, prepared to go literally anywhere, however unpronounceable, provided only the fare is 0.01p, is a true hymn to the Easyjet age. Some of the places he visits, like Brno in the Czech Republic, sound comically awful, but then doesn't masochism, a gluttony for punishment, lie at the heart of most good travel writing? The book can't replace conventional travel guides: there is not enough detail on individual cities. But it captures something of the zeitgesit of the Europe of the early 21st century. In ten years, we will all be far too eco-conscious to do this sort of thing. So savour the craziness with Chesshyre while it lasts.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
I couldn't put it down
The idea behind the book is great - we have all browsed the low cost websites looking for cheap flights but avoiding those destinations that we aren't familiar with or haven't read... Read more
Published on 2 Aug 2007 by Kelly
As good as Bryson
Hundreds of travel books are written each year but few remain in the memory. Tom Chesshyre's book is an exception. Read more
Published on 13 July 2007 by J. Clarke
heart of darkness
Bad journeys often make for good reading: think of Apsley Cherry-Garrard's The Worst Journey in the World or Peter Fleming's News from Tartary. Read more
Published on 6 Jun 2007 by Sam Allenby
Short on local colour
Sooner or later someone was going to write a book on all those obscure Eastern European low-cost airline destinations, and Tom Chesshyre, an established travel journalist, has done... Read more
Published on 13 May 2007 by Bad Bear
Grab this book before you hop your next flight...
This is a really, really good read. Better than your usual go-here-see-that travel book, Chesshyre weaves storytelling in with useful info, a keen eye for detail, and a pace that... Read more
Published on 8 May 2007 by Diana Alberghini
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