Embark on over 50 of the world's most life-affirming journeys and nurture your path to self-discovery. Packed with beautiful photography and inspiring first-person insights for each trip, from hiking Japan's sacred Shikoku pilgrimage to following the Underground Railroad in the US. This is the perfect book for anyone seeking to travel with purpose.

Your trip starts here

Journeys of self-discovery : how travel helps us grow

Embark on more than 50 life-affirming journeys, from sacred pilgrimages and cultural explorations to challenging expeditions. Whether you seek greater self-knowledge, a better understanding of our world, or just time and space to reflect, this book will inspire many unique travel experiences. First-hand insights, planning advice and detailed maps will help you journey with purpose.

Follow the Civil Rights Trail in the US and learn how activists changed the course of American history . Pass a month making a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain . Prepare for unpredictability and go with the flow as you raft Tasmania's Franklin River . Trek to the 88 temples of Shikoku, Japan, and experience enlightenment

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Embark on over 50 of the world's most life-affirming journeys and nurture your path to self-discovery. Packed with beautiful photography and inspiring first-person insights for each trip, from hiking Japan's sacred Shikoku pilgrimage to following the Underground Railroad in the US. This is the perfect book for anyone seeking to travel with purpose.

Each journey features first-hand accounts from travellers with insightful tips on how to begin planning an enlightening travel experience. From cultural explorations to challenging expeditions, travellers can spend a month of reflection on foot through Northern Spain to reach the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela; connect body and mind as they canoe the wild and remote Yukon River in Canada; embrace the wonders of rail travel aboard Australia's luxurious Ghan; plus so much more.

Inside Your Trip Starts Here:

- More than 50 life-changing journeys with explanations about how each trip can influence your personal growth

• Trips in the book cover themes of Culture, Road Trips, Off the Beaten Path, Adventure & Sport, Pilgrimages, History, Wildlife & Nature

- Vivid and powerful photography that illustrates the magnitude of each extraordinary travel experience

• First-person accounts from travellers who have embarked on each journey and the ways it affected them

• Intuitive icon grading for how each journey may change you: emotional or spiritual growth; the insights and understanding it might bring; the physical skills and experience gained

• In the know tips, detailed maps and practical information on how to get there, where to stay, when to go, what to take, tours available and more, to help you plan your adventure

• Features trips in: Americas - Mexico, Ecuador, Canada, Bolivia, North America, South America, USA. Europe - Norway, Spain, France, England, Wales, Scotland, Italy, Ireland, Poland, Germany, Switzerland, Austria. Asia - India, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Kyrgyzstan, Singapore, China, Borneo, South Korea, Turkey, Japan. Oceania - Australia, New Zealand. Africa & the Middle East - Jordan, Oman, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Your Trip Starts Here is the ultimate travel book for anyone longing to immerse themselves in a different culture, grow as a person or reflect and reset their focus. Gift this collection of journeys to the explorer in your life who wishes to travel with purpose or inspire your own adventure using this unique guide.

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