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About the To Asia With Love Guidebook SeriesIn Asia, travelers are a community. They share a special relationship with one another, with the locals they encounter, and with the landscapes they travel through. It was with this in mind that I conceived To Asia With Love: A Connoisseurs’ Guide to Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. Published in 2004 by ThingsAsian Press, it consists of stories by more than fifty expatriates, travelers, and locals about their favorite destinations and experiences in the region. Each personal story is paired with a practical fact file that makes the book part armchair travel, part guidebook. Along with earning praise for its unique approach, it inspired an entire series. The first volume, To Vietnam With Love, was published in 2008, followed by To Myanmar With Love in 2009. To Myanmar With Love particularly embodies the spirit of the series, giving readers an intimate look at a country that has been cut off from the world for too long. It illuminates the graciousness of the people and the distinctiveness of the culture, developing a relationship between readers and the country. Each book in the series offers its country as a gift—taking armchair travelers on a journey of the heart and inspiring those who do hop on a plane to look at the places they visit from an entirely new perspective.
NOW AVAILABLE:Imagine that on the eve of your upcoming trip to Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam, you are invited to a party. At this party are fifty guests, all of whom live in or have traveled extensively through these countries. Among this eclectic and well-versed group of connoisseurs are authors of acclaimed guidebooks, popular newspaper columnists and pioneering adventurers. As the evening passes, they tell you tales from their lives in these exotic places. They whisper the names of their favorite shops and restaurants; they divulge the secret hideaways where they sneak off to for an afternoon (or a weekend) to unwind. Some make you laugh out loud, and others mesmerize you with their poetry and lyricism. Some are intent on educating, while others just want to entertain. Their attitudes are as unique as their personalities, but they are united in one thing ... their love of the region. If you can envision being welcomed at such a party, then you can envision the experience that this guidebook aspires to give you. They whisper the names of their favorite shops and restaurants; they divulge the secret hideaways where they sneak off to for an afternoon (or a weekend) to unwind. Some make you laugh out loud, and others mesmerize you with their poetry and lyricism. Some are intent on educating, while others just want to entertain. Their attitudes are as unique as their personalities, but they are united in one thing ... their love of the region. If you can envision being welcomed at such a party, then you can envision the experience that this guidebook aspires to give you. |
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