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Lonely Planet Everyday Adventures: 50 new ways to experience your hometown
Weave a little wonder into daily life with these fun and challenging activities - and experience your local area in a whole new way. Invite friends on a social adventure, follow your senses somewhere new and embark on a cultural odyssey. Lonely Planet shows you how to embrace the traveller spirit and discover a new side to where you live.
For each activity, we tell you what to bring and provide simple, easy-to-follow instructions to make it a success. You'll also find a case study from someone who's completed it, as well as surprising facts and anecdotes that shed light on the history and science behind each quirky quest.
Everyday Adventures is comprised of five themed
1. Follow Your
Urban Foraging Fly By Night Macro Lensing Food Quest Memory Lane 2. Social
Pint-Sized Tour Guide Social Media Slave Life Swap Bartender's Knock Trip Poker 3. Challenge
Airport Tourism Plastic Challenge Lend a Hand Locally Long-Haul Hitchhiking End of the Line 4. Cultural
Street Art Movie Magic Urban Zen Vintage Travel Literary Jaunt 5. Roll the
Hands of Fate Traveller's Roulette Life-Sized Monopoly Human Chess Out of Office About Lonely 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.
For each activity, we tell you what to bring and provide simple, easy-to-follow instructions to make it a success. You'll also find a case study from someone who's completed it, as well as surprising facts and anecdotes that shed light on the history and science behind each quirky quest.
Everyday Adventures is comprised of five themed
1. Follow Your
Urban Foraging Fly By Night Macro Lensing Food Quest Memory Lane 2. Social
Pint-Sized Tour Guide Social Media Slave Life Swap Bartender's Knock Trip Poker 3. Challenge
Airport Tourism Plastic Challenge Lend a Hand Locally Long-Haul Hitchhiking End of the Line 4. Cultural
Street Art Movie Magic Urban Zen Vintage Travel Literary Jaunt 5. Roll the
Hands of Fate Traveller's Roulette Life-Sized Monopoly Human Chess Out of Office About Lonely 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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208 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 1, 2018
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A beat-up old car, a few dollars in the pocket and a sense of adventure. In 1972 that’s all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed for the trip of a lifetime – across Europe and Asia overland to Australia. It took several months, and at the end – broke but inspired – they sat at their kitchen table writing and stapling together their first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap. Within a week they’d sold 1500 copies and Lonely Planet was born. One hundred million guidebooks later, Lonely Planet is the world’s leading travel guide publisher with content to almost every destination on the planet.
A beat-up old car, a few dollars in the pocket and a sense of adventure. In 1972 that’s all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed for the trip of a lifetime – across Europe and Asia overland to Australia. It took several months, and at the end – broke but inspired – they sat at their kitchen table writing and stapling together their first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap. Within a week they’d sold 1500 copies and Lonely Planet was born. One hundred million guidebooks later, Lonely Planet is the world’s leading travel guide publisher with content to almost every destination on the planet.
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September 9, 2019
What a fun book! Everyday Adventures is a book full of adventures and challenges for you to explore your local area. Think being tourist in your own backyard. The challenges range from social, cultural and sensory adventures, with difficulty levels included. I'm looking forward to trying them out in my local area (be warned, those who know me on social media). Experiences such as "Pint Sized Tour Guide" where you have a child acting as your guide for the day, through "Urban Hike" and "Travellers Roulette" sound like a lot of fun, though there are some that I wont bother with (I don't really have any wish to organise a flash mob lol). So set out with an open mind and a sense of adventure, and you'll find places in your city/town that you didn't even know existed. I'm off to charge my camera...
November 13, 2018
This would be a fantastic book if you live in an exciting city that you've been taking for granted and want to rediscover. I live in rural Idaho . . .
While there were a couple of the adventures that I could possibly do like looking at my town through a macro lens or getting a pint size tour guide, most were so out of touch with my location it was laughable.
Get on a train and ride it to the end of the line? I'm trying to think how far I'd have to travel to find a train. . . hundreds of miles.
Go to a restaurant who's ethnic cuisine comes from every letter of the alphabet. Well, gee, we have burgers, a couple of American type diners, and a Chinese place. That's about it.
Visit places were there the local musicians jam. Uhm . . . no such place. I'm a musician and I can't jam anywhere in town.
Take a tour of your towns street art. Well, sometimes the supermarket puts up a picture of apples instead of just say "Apples - $1.49." Somehow, I don't think that's what they meant, and it's hard to get excited by it.
I think you get the idea. Great book if you're in a great city. For me, it just drove home how narrow, dull, depressing, and lifeless my town is.
Yup, I'm going stir crazy.
While there were a couple of the adventures that I could possibly do like looking at my town through a macro lens or getting a pint size tour guide, most were so out of touch with my location it was laughable.
Get on a train and ride it to the end of the line? I'm trying to think how far I'd have to travel to find a train. . . hundreds of miles.
Go to a restaurant who's ethnic cuisine comes from every letter of the alphabet. Well, gee, we have burgers, a couple of American type diners, and a Chinese place. That's about it.
Visit places were there the local musicians jam. Uhm . . . no such place. I'm a musician and I can't jam anywhere in town.
Take a tour of your towns street art. Well, sometimes the supermarket puts up a picture of apples instead of just say "Apples - $1.49." Somehow, I don't think that's what they meant, and it's hard to get excited by it.
I think you get the idea. Great book if you're in a great city. For me, it just drove home how narrow, dull, depressing, and lifeless my town is.
Yup, I'm going stir crazy.
September 18, 2020
This is mostly a fluffy little point-of-sale book by the editors of Lonely Planet, the kind of empty, pretty, social-media-friendly nonsense that no one ever buys for themselves, but is exclusively given as goofy little birthday gifts from one friend to another. But still, of the 50 ideas shared here about how to "be a tourist in your own home city," I found ten that were intriguing enough to write down and try out after the pandemic is over, including such concepts as pretending to be backpacker in your hometown for a weekend (complete with a stay at your local hostel), spending a day flipping a coin at every street intersection and letting the results dictate whether you turn left or right, and coming up with three common words that stereotypically describe your city and then the spend the day engaging in their antonyms. So in this, it was at least worth the time and effort it took for me to check out of my local library, although I'm not too sure whether it's worth the $18 it costs to buy it brand-new. It comes recommended in this limited spirit, a fun little book to check out when it belongs to someone else, but not one really worth purchasing on your own.
September 3, 2019
I thought EVERYDAY ADVENTURES by Lonely Planet looked right up my alley at the library last time. I’m going to admit I have more mixed feelings on this book than I should! I think overall it’s a fun and interesting book to get you to be thoughtful about new ways to explore your environment! I love this idea because there’s adventure everywhere! ! However, it has so many bad ideas. Some that are seriously dangerous. I have a real problem with that. Most people that might pick this book up are very young and under prepared. Absolutely don’t follow all these challenges no matter how prepared you feel.
June 28, 2021
I the time of Covid this book looked like a blessing in times we cannot travel, but besides a few intersting ideas, the book has potential but lacking execution. Especially if you do not live in a big city or country. Most were useless for me, living on a tiny island you can drive across in an hour.
June 29, 2021
Disappointly basic. A lot of them arent feasible due to the pandemic, and a lot more aren't fit for a small place. Going to waste time at Heathrow is very different than at an airport with 1 flight a day.
If your town is small, and you like to wander, chances are you have ready gone seeking graffiti, joined volunteer groups, explored old ruins, hiked every summit, etc.
If your town is small, and you like to wander, chances are you have ready gone seeking graffiti, joined volunteer groups, explored old ruins, hiked every summit, etc.
June 25, 2023
Absolutely love this book, but please be aware of the criticisms offered by other reviews. Parts of this are clearly written from a European perspective and all is written from a large city perspective. I would not suggest this for rural folks.
Thank you writers for these lovely projects. We've already found a new favorite restaurant thanks to one of these projects.
Thank you writers for these lovely projects. We've already found a new favorite restaurant thanks to one of these projects.
July 21, 2021
Meh. Really wished for more out of this one. If you live somewhere rural, this would not work 🤪 This might be fun if you just moved to a new city and are looking for ways to explore, but honestly, this could have been a really cool premise and it fell super flat.
February 24, 2022
Some good ideas, some dumb ideas, not bad as a bit of inspiration to think outside the box. But you wouldn't want to pay money to get your hands on a copy of this.
July 25, 2024
A fun way to approach some local adventures. Lots of great ideas.
May 28, 2020
To get ideas of some mini-adventures you can do near your house. The books contain 50 mini-adventures you can take near your house. If you are a bit bored with life and you have limited time and money then this book might provide some inspiration
I live in London and many of the ideas were for activities around here. Liked:
Bartender Knock. Ask where the bartender's fav bar is, go there. Rinse and repeat
Follow Your Nose. Go somewhere buy food based on the small, not the reviews
Micro-Photography ideas
I live in London and many of the ideas were for activities around here. Liked:
Bartender Knock. Ask where the bartender's fav bar is, go there. Rinse and repeat
Follow Your Nose. Go somewhere buy food based on the small, not the reviews
Micro-Photography ideas
September 15, 2018
Ehh. Most of these only work if you're in a relatively large city and they aren't super inventive. The little historical/cultural notes sprinkled throughout were interesting and the personal narratives were okay.
May 11, 2019
I read this book hoping for some unique hometown date night ideas. The ideas ranged from the inane—“sit outside and see how many birds you can count”—to the ridiculous—“see how far you can hitchhike.” No thanks.
October 8, 2020
Some are original and some are fun, but there are weird and dangerous adventures too. I don’t think this book is for everyone indeed...
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