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Title: Robert Young Pelton's The World's Most Dangerous Places : 5th Edition by Robert Young Pelton ISBN: 0-06-001160-2 Publisher: HarperResource Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.19 (88 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent information for real and armchair travellers
Comment: Robert Young Pelton and his staff at DP have compiled a hefty (1000 + pages) travelouge of the most dangerous places in the world, rated from 2 stars (bad rep) to 5 (be afraid - be very afraid.) The book, in a word, is marvelous.
Some of the information is common sense ("don't flash your cash"), but much of it is extremely valuable - from carrying a "drop" wallet (with photos, a little cash and cancelled credit cards) to foil theives, to how to avoid landmines and what to do if approached by stoned, armed, pre-pubescent soldiers (as is too common in many parts of Africa.)
The first third of the book details how the rest of the world isn't as "dangerous" as one may be led to believe; the remainder is a veritable encyclopedia of information by country, including the political climate, (and major players and groups), diseases and other hazzards (like mines), and several valuable tips unique to each country. Simply fabulous.
Of particular interest to those traveling in dangerous places are the addresses of American (and Canadian and British) embassies, good hotels (considering where you are ...), recommended prophalyxis before arriving, common diseases, and areas to be avoided. The amount of information contained in this book is simply staggering. I highly recommend it.
Rating: 5
Summary: World Politics in a Nutshell
Comment: I have read this book (in this version and it's earlier editions) several times, and I still cannot get enough. This is due to several reasons.
First, because I have found Pelton's accounts of various places I personally have been to be accurate, I trust the author. And trustworthiness is an important characteristic of a writer in Pelton's position - ie. advisor to individuals contemplating travel into some of the world's most dangerous places.
Second, I keep going back to DP because I enjoy Pelton's style. He is a no-nonsense, "tell it like it is" guy...but he never loses his sense of humor - an essential quality to have when traveling in places that are dangerous, uncomfortable, or inconvient.
Third, I find this book invaluable, not only because of the travel advice dispensed, but also because, for me, reading each new edition of DP is like getting an update in worldwide current events - but NOT from the network TV drones who report only what America wants to hear! No...Pelton tells us the TRUTH - from the inside. Not some watered down, American-propagandized version. For example, I admired Pelton a few years ago after I spent a year in Russia and central Asia: his coverage of Russia and Chechnya was excellent - and accurate. And nothing like what was reported on American TV.
It is for this last reason that I would recommend DP to anyone - not just to those considering travel to the world's war zones and crime centers. It it not just about travel - it is an annual education in world events!
Rating: 1
Summary: The font is too small...
Comment: I like his books, and his forums. But the font size is too small. Not everyone can read such small print. I think everyone should agree with me on that one.
I'm hoping everyone will join my action group F.L.U.F.F.E.R.
(For Larger User Friendly Fonts Everyone Reads)
And Mr. Pelton is not Indiana Jones, as I've had to tell my son, but a foul-mouthed, ill-tempered, crotchety, Canadian curmudgeon.
I would recommend anything with his name on it to be used only for people in the R-17 range.
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Title: Come Back Alive by Robert Young Pelton ISBN: 0385495668 Publisher: Main Street Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Adventurist : My Life in Dangerous Places by ROBERT YOUNG PELTON ISBN: 0767905768 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 19 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Hunter, The Hammer, and Heaven: Journeys to Three Worlds Gone Mad by Robert Young Pelton ISBN: 1585744166 Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Three Worlds Gone Mad: Dangerous Journeys through the War Zones of Africa, Asia, and the South Pacific by Robert Young Pelton ISBN: 1592281001 Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Adventure Travel in the Third World : Everything You Need To Know To Survive in Remote and Hostile Destinations by Jeff Randall, Mike Perrin ISBN: 1581603819 Publisher: Paladin Press Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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