{"product_id":"the-non-boring-safe-travel-guide-elisabeth-sowerbutts-9781479141692","title":"The Non-Boring Safe Travel Guide: Travel Safety Tips \u0026 Travel Health Advice","description":"Practical Safe Travel Tips and Travel Health Advice \u003cp\u003e Planning on travelling but worried about getting sick? Or maybe you're happy to travel but your parents are convinced that you will end up robbed, raped, and left bleeding in a ditch and suffering from malaria? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e So you want foolproof safe travel solutions? Sorry, the world does not come with guarantees - and the author is not offering any. Instead, blending humour and experience, she tries to separate the sensational news headlines from the reality of travel.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e This is a not a thick book, it's a concise guide which addresses how to avoid dying out there, interspersed with stories from the author's own experience. The author hasn't died yet, so her advice must be worth something. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eWhy You Shouldn't Buy This Book\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Will this book replace your doctor's advice? Nope. Is it useful for a high-profile exec worried about the threat of kidnap? Ahhh, no. Will it entertain and inform the average inexperienced traveller? That's the aim  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book won't give you all the answers, and your parents will probably still worry. But its a start for anyone looking for safe travel tips and travel health advice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Yup this is a \u003cem\u003eNon-Boring Travel Guide\u003c\/em\u003e. If you don't have a sense of humour, I suggest you might just want to skip right on by. This is written by a traveller not a medical professional, or even an ex-Special Services member. I'm just a gal, who travels ... a lot. After 30 years I've come down with the odd disease while travelling, and faced death on several occasions, but, to date, I've survived. Must be doing something right. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Non-Boring Safe Travel Guide\u003c\/em\u003e even has some useful information: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ewhy visiting your favourite medical professional before you leave home can be a great investment;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003emosquitoes, and why you should learn to hate them;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe number one cause of death of American tourists overseas: hint, its not a disease;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003esurviving local transport;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ehow to avoid being a thief magnet on the street;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003efool-proof way to avoid having your valuables stolen overseas.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe world is really a much, much safer place than the local news media would have you believe. This realistic guide is designed to inform and encourage you to get out there and really enjoy it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elisabeth Sowerbutts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1479141690\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781479141692\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/11\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.28d","brand":"Elisabeth Sowerbutts","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935620858111,"sku":"9781479141692","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_ace87f59-81ce-4a1d-a975-63482e612008.jpg?v=1681420869","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-non-boring-safe-travel-guide-elisabeth-sowerbutts-9781479141692","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}