Photographer, musician, frequent traveler, and world citizen Paul Otteson passes along the lessons he's learned through many years of packbacking. Otteson shows what resources to have on hand, how to budget ahead of time, what to pack and why, and more. 75 b &amp; w photographs. 12 maps.

The DEL-World Awaits: A Comprehensive Guide to Extended Backpack Travel

Sports & Outdoors

Otteson, Paul

Individual Sports

Rick Steves

Recommends restaurants, lodging, and attractions for Northern California, and suggests itineraries for each area including San Francisco, Big Sur, Lake Tahoe, and Yosemite

Northern California: Travel-Smart Trip Planner

Travel

United States

John Muir Pubns

Describes the activities of Central American children--their work, their play, and their celebrations

Kids Who Walk on Volcanoes

Children's Books

Science, Nature & How It Works

There's a new author for this second edition and the text has been completely rewritten. Special interest tours and a convenient rating system help readers organize an itinerary to suit their needs - quickly and easily.

Travel Smart: Alaska

This second edition of Alaska: Adventures in Nature includes e-mail and Web site listings to make it even easier to plan an outdoor adventure in Alaska. The author offers thorough information on a wide range of outdoor activities - from whale watching to rock climbing - and details travel options for every budget.

Alaska: Adventures in Nature

Specialty Travel

John Muir Publications

Pick up most travel guides and you'll find a directory-long lists of restaurants, hotels, and museums. But Travel Smart: Northern California has everything figured out (no matter what you like), with driving directions, scenic routes, lots of maps, and only the best places to see. Best of all, Paul Otteson lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, so he knows what he's talking about. He takes you beyond the typical tourist spots to cover both the large, well-known attractions and the smaller, more secluded places. Written like advice from a well-traveled friend, with easy-to-follow maps and all the essential information you'll need, Travel Smart: Northern California is the next best thing to a personal guide.

Travel Smart: Northern California

The World Awaits is your guide for planning an extended, independent, international journey. You'll get practical information on visa requirements, web addresses, phone numbers, and more. Organized in three parts sequentially matched to the entire travel experience, The World Awaits also examines issues of goals, passports, shots, packing, budgeting, tickets, route planning, and life on the road. With The World Awaits, you'll learn just how much travel can inspire, reveal, educate, and transform. "Experienced globetrotter Paul Otteson provides all the details needed to plan a fulfilling journey, traveling only with what can fit in the pack on your back, teaching you how to do it yourself." -- Midwest Book Review

The World Awaits: How to Travel Far and Well

Offering parents advice on the sights in around San Francisco, this travel guide focuses on what it takes to keep kids engaged-and parents sane. It covers the must-sees, like the Exploratorium, Fisherman's Wharf, and the ferry to Alcatraz, as well as the hidden treasures, like the Rosicrucian Museum in San Jose and Strawberry Creek in Berkeley. The entire kid-friendly Bay Area is covered, with details for destinations from San Jose up to Napa Valley. Included are maps of the BART system and key roads and highways.

A Parent's Guide to San Francisco: Friendly Advice on Touring San Francisco with Children (Parent's Guide Press Travel series)

Mars Publishing, Inc.

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