Lonely Planet - On the Road

Travel writing extracts from Lonely Planet's Journeys series
Shortcuts to tall tales and yarns about life on the road

Drive Thru America
Green Dreams
Islands in the Clouds
Kingdom of the Filmstars
Lost Japan
Mali Blues
The Olive Grove
The Rainbird
The Rock
Shopping for Buddhas
Songs to an African Sunset

Lieve Joris jams with Mali's favourite son, bluesman Kar Kar, and discovers a world that refuses to give in.

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Breaking the Ice in Reykjavík
Chasing Rickshaws
In Search of New York
The Island at the End of the World
Just One Small Cognac
On the Buses
Thumbing the Himalaya

Chasing Rickshaws

In search of the ultimate person-pulled experience, Tony Wheeler and photographer Richard I'Anson put the pedal to the metal.

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