Travelogues
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Taschen: Travelogues - Burton Holmes photography
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"I never knew that the term travelogue was coined by Burton Holmes in 1904. Along with being one of the first people to trade in telling engaging stories of their travels to far off lands, he was also a wonderful photographer and documentarian of those places. Here is the world as it was before intercontinental travel was everyday, before mobs of tourists overran every corner of the world. This ..."
End Of Elsewhere: Travels Among The Tourists by Taras Grescoe
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"Canadian writer Taras Grescoe takes a journey through history as he follows the travel ruts followed by the quasi-adventurous from antiquity to the present. Both laugh-out-loud funny and deeply disturbing at the same time."
The GPS Travelogue
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"This device uses GPS and records everywhere that you travel, so that you can later upload your journies into an online map application, like Google Earth."
Gothic Victorian Taxidermy Squirrel Feet Earrings Antiqued Silver
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"Awww gee Cuz, you know I love you, that's why I cooked this squirrel stew for our romantic dinner to celebrate the birth of our tenth kid. And here's some jewelry you can show off to the girls at the park."
Antique apothecary cabinet
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"as an architect what can i sayabout it? unique and passionate!"
Love, Travel and Jungle Family in Tropical Asia
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"Why Borneo? Why write about a place that some are afraid to visit and that most people misunderstand because of its unique intricacies and idiosyncrasies. Tom McLaughlin has set out to change that by writing Borneo Tom - In Story and Sketch: Love, Travel and Jungle Family in Tropical Asia- – an unlikely book about an unlikely place that’s full of insight into one of the most fascinating places o..."
About the Author Tom McLaughlin
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"Tom McLaughlin is a man who has actually done what most of us only dream about – he’s followed his dream to the ends of the earth, found happiness and love and has now written a book about his exploits and some of the issues that are important to him."
About the Book Borneo Tom
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"Borneo Tom: In Story and Sketch: Love, Travel and Jungle Family in Tropical Asia, written by Tom McLaughlin, is a collection of independent, stand-alone stories. The book also includes some special illustrations that will make you laugh and give you more insight into what you’re reading. It’s an engaging and interesting read about one man’s adventures in a part of the world that most of us know ve..."
Borneo Tom | Blog
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"Borneo, also known as the island in the clouds, is the third largest island in the world. Located south and east of the Malay Peninsula and southwest of the Philippine Islands, Borneo offers both mountains and dense rain forests and is divided into four main political areas – Kalimantan, Sabah and Sarawak and the sultanate of Brunei."
