Glenda Bendure

Forewordabout lonely planet guidebooks The story begins with a classic travel adventure: Tony and Maureen Wheeler's 1972 journey across Europe and Asia to Australia. Useful information about the overland trail did not exist at that time, so Tony and Maureen published the first Lonely Planet...

This Book Many people helped create this 4th edition of Scandinavian & Baltic Europe. The major contributors to previous editions were Glenda Bendure, Ned Friary, John Noble, Steve Fallon, Deanna Swaney, Greg Videon, Nicola Williams, Andrew Humphreys and Marcus Lehtipuu. This edition was updated...

On the Road JEFF CAMPBELL Coordinating Author Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park (pi 102) has the only trail signs l've seen warning of 'hot lava!' Truth is, stumbling over miles of blackened lava till I reached the molten rock entering the sea gave me 'chicken-skin.' Even long past dark, it was...

See Climate Charts (pi 146) for more information. Getting Started The main thing to keep in mind about traveling in the USA - besides costs - is the continent's immense scale. Texas alone is twice the size of Germany. It's easy to get overambitious. The best strategy is to choose a region and...