Book description
So, you want to experience the ultimate overseas adventure?Whether you're a gap year student or young traveller, taking a sabbatical or career break, a parent or guardian wanting to travel with your children, or in retirement and looking for your next adventure - The Big Trip is for you.Advice and information in this comprehensive companion, now in its 4th edition, has been thoroughly revised and updated to include expert tips and recommendations that will help you create and enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime dream adventure abroad.We've also added a new section about how to use your time away to turn your life's passion into a new career, with advice on gaining professional accreditation in climbing, mountaineering, diving, sailing, snowsports, wildlife guiding and more. There's also a chapter on accessible travel by Martin Heng for specialist destination and travel advice for those with a disability. Improved accommodation advice now covers everything from cheap and cheerful digs for budget backpackers to higher-end hotels for those wishing to spend more.Experiences include:Blackwater rafting through eerie glow-worm-lit Waitomo Caves in New ZealandAttempting a Tibetan kora (pilgrimage) around Mt Kailash, Asia's most sacred mountainSurfing your way along Hawaii's best beach breaksGetting down and dirty at the Boryeong Mud Festival in KoreaDiscovering your top temple at Angkor Wat in CambodiaVolunteering on a marine conservation project off the coast of MadagascarLearning to speak Italian at an institute in the heart of RomeStirring your soul along the sacred, ghat-lined Ganges in Varanasi, IndiaLearning to make Balinese dishes worthy of paradiseClimbing to Bhutan's iconic cliff-clinging monastery, Taktshang GoembaTaking a tandem hang-gliding flight from Pedra Bonita over Rio de JaneiroQualifying to teach everything from English to skiing, diving and mountaineeringThe Big Trip is your ticket to all this and more:Essential pre-trip planning: health, safety, kit, costs, tickets (new tips such as five apps to keep you safe, nine best ways to save on air tickets online)Volunteering and working abroad: from freelancing and fruit picking to yacht-crewing and teachingRegional overviews, maps and a diverse range of road-tested itinerariesTips and stories from experts and travellers, who range from teenagers to seniors and those travelling with their kidsComprehensive directory of essential resourcesAbout Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, on mobile, video and in 14 languages, 12 international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more.
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience