Includes highlights (for the whole country and each region), the best (shops, restaurants and museums), itineraries (recommnded routes to suit every timeframe) and need to know (practical details in one place to make planning easy) with advice from local experts.
Discover Peru Bike, hike and ride a scary cable car to Machu Picchu on one of five alternatives to the busy Inca Trail.Glide past manatees, dolphins, monkeys and macaws in the Reserva Nacional Pacaya-Samiria.Swill a scoopful of chicha - saliva-fermented corn beer - to earn the respect of the locals.Descend into the narrow, hallucinatory underground chambers of the millennia-old ruins at Chavin de Huantar. In This Guide: Three authors, 144 days of on-the-road research via planes, riverboats, and dozens of death-defying bus rides.Dedicated Peru Outdoors chapter, plus expanded activities coverage throughout.Get the inside story on the Inca world from notes explorer and author Hugh Thomson.Content updated daily - visit "lonelyplanet.com" for up-to-the minute reviews and traveler suggestions.
This winner of the Lowell Thomas travel journalism award contains valuable information on exploring the country's lush rain forests, volcanoes and sandy beaches, with tips on outfitters, tours, and other services. Includes a colorful 36-page section on exotic birds and wildlife. 54 maps.
Now available again the authors take readers on a fast-paced run through New York City, resulting in a vibrant look at the urban art revolution that took place on the streets of the city in the first decade of the 21st century New York is a street art Mecca, boasting a vast outdoor gallery which encompasses walls, fences, sidewalks and just about any other available surface. Featured in this dynamic collection are approximately 200 images of works by artists such as New Yorkers Swoon, Judith Supine, Dan Witz, Skewville, WK Interact, L. A.'s Shepard Fairey, Brazil's Os Gemeos, Denmark's Armsrock, France's Space Invader, C215, Mr. Brainwash, Germany's Herakut, London's Nick Walker and the infamous Banksy. This book offers a compelling portrait of the development of urban art in the noughties in one of its most important and supportive communities.