Far Flung Places: October 2018

A great new travel book published just in time for Christmas. A selection of travel stories from the more unusual parts of the globe that you can explore from the comfort of your armchair. These are places that you will never see advertised in a travel agent's window.

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What do you get when you mix fresh newly picked green pistachio nuts, syrup and layers and layers gossamer- thin pastry? Baklava, the wonderful sticky sweet pastry that it is almost impossible to say no to, and Gaziantep, in far southern Turkey, is the world capital of this dessert.

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Zeugma was one of the Roman Empire's most important and prosperous cities outside of Europe. Situated by a bridge over the River Euphrates it was a vital hub on the Silk Road linking the empire with Asia. Following an invasion and then a devastating earthquake it was abandoned and forgotten.

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Cannibals, Cults & Corpses

A new book packed with off the beaten track stories that take you from standing at the 'Gates of Hell' in Turkmenistan to taking part in the ancient Torajan ceremony of partying with their recently dug-up ancestors in Sulawesi. Travel to places that do not feature in any travel agents window.

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Albania Australia Ayaz Qala Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Bougainville China Featured France Georgia Indonesia Iran Karakalpakstan Kosovo Laos Lebanon Moldova Nagorno-Karabakh New Zealand Norfolk Island North Korea Pakistan Papua New Guinea Peru Poland Romania Samoa Scotland Sealand Serbia Singapore South Africa Sri Lanka Transnistria Turkey Turkmenistan UK Ukraine Uzbekistan Vanuatu

Out Now: Far Flung Places Guide to Vanuatu

#1 Bestseller to these remote Pacific Islands. Review: "Absolutely exhaustive guide to this fascinating place, great detail, anecdotes, and highly researched practical info too make this the perfect book to have on hand. This is how all guidebooks should be"