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by Rachael Antony (Author), Joel Henry (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 280 pages
  • Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications; 1st edition (1 May 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1741044502
  • ISBN-13: 978-1741044508
  • Product Dimensions: 20.4 x 13.8 x 1.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 178,221 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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...for the adventurous traveler who wants to live like a native.' --Real Simple Magazine, June 2005


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A user-friendly, tongue-in-cheek manual-style book includes practical experiments to follow, both while travelling and when at home. "Why not become an experimental tourist, where your guide could be anything from a straight line drawn across an A-Z [street directory], the roll of dice on a online monopoly board or even lust for your lover?" - The Times

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5.0 out of 5 stars An exceptional book, 20 Jun 2005
By Mr Andrew Ward (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This is a beautiful book and I would buy it just to have it on my shelf - the structure, lay-out and printing all make it stand-out and (to be honest) are what caught my eye on the book shop in the first place. But this book is much more than that.

The concept is pragmatic - "help people to experiment by creating "games" that have no purpose in and of themselves but which provide a structure and starting point for new experiences". I can see this being an inspiration for "fun things to do when we are travelling."

But even more interesting (to me anyway) is the philosophy that underpins the whole book - something like, "experiment with life (in this case travel) and see where it takes you.". The introduction is a little dry (a skim read for me) but the underlying idea is a very powerful concept with implications way beyond travel. Defintely one to dip into time and again and then muse over.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiration for journeys of all kinds, 14 Feb 2009
By Steven Unwin "Steve Unwin" (Preston, UK) - See all my reviews
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This is a book that might help you see the world in new ways.
If you're not sure what Experimental Travel is, the book begins with a short description and a history. In brief Experimental Travel is described as a playful way of travelling, where the journey's methodology is clear, but the destination is unknown.

This may be an unfamiliar description of travel,however I think that the definition best describes the nature of our lives. We can't know the destinations we will pass through, but we can control the way in which we travel.

Thus the book is at first glance an interesting distraction from mundane travel by habit, and also provides insights that may be valuable at a much deeper level.

The body of the book comprises 40 such playful ways of taking a journey. Each is described by a hypothesis, apparatus required and the method supported by short introductory notes. These are sufficient for you to set off on a journey and have a go. In addition each of the 40 ways has what are described as Laboratory Results. In a nutshell these are reports of the experience of travellers who have followed the instructions.

The suggestions for experiments range from quite simple exercises, to those which would require a fair degree of preparation, Each invites you to see your world through new eyes by in some way switching your perspective. For example suggestion 18 `Expedition to K2' invites you not to climb the Himalayan peak, but to see a new aspect of your home town by visiting and exploring map grid square K2. Suggestion 39 '12 Travel' invites you to travel noting the number 12. Catch bus number 12, get off at the 12th stop, walk across 12 junctions before examining building number 12, for example Or perhaps suggestion 15 `Dog's Leg Travel' If you don't normally walk a dog, take one for a walk and be led by what interests the dog.

You get the idea. It's simple, but as the Laboratory Results and your own experience will soon reveal, it's a very powerful idea. Not convinced? Just try spending the next ten minutes walking around the room you are currently in, looking for every green object. I guarantee you'll find far more than you expected and will learn something new about your room, a room you've probably seen many times, but never really seen.

This is a great book full of ideas that can make journeys a whole lot more interesting, even journeys you have to make every day, and the ideas will have an impact much more broadly on your outlook and the ways in which you see and see differently.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars genius, 15 Jan 2008
By Mr. M. C. Hughes (East Hoathly, England) - See all my reviews
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What a read. I recieved it christmas '07 when I was 17 and flicked through a few of the experiments. Now, with my travel deadline approaching I am reading the whole thing as if it were a novel. Most travel guides would be hard pushed to keep you enthralled the whole way through but ET has no trouble. Structurally it excels; theisis, apparatus, method, intro followed by a tale or two of a bohemium traveller. The introduction is concisce yet dense fit to burst with the researched thought. And that is where it excells. it is an academic work transposing the idea of "travel" into the realms of that ofsurrealism and the movement of the Dadists to name a fraction. This book will be with me through thick and thin from 1st march.

The one thing I find criminal is that Latourex have not produced a substantial catalouge, despite their own vedict Latourex is a movement of collective thought of Ages you want to join!
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