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This volume explores and historicizes the phenomenon of 'microtravel', a term coined to designate slower journeys within a limited radius which allow, and sometimes necessitate, new forms of experiencing the world. The chapters study travelogues that recalibrate the scale of journeying, with travellers slowing down their journeys and readjusting their relationship to the proximate and nearby.
Across Europe on two wheels. It's a dream - a breath of freedom. This indescribable feeling of being alive takes hold of you especially when you are at one with the elements of nature. Jorge Klapproth fulfils a long-cherished dream and tours Europe on his motorbike.The first leg of this journey leads from western Germany to the northernmost point of Europe, the North Cape in Norway. From there, the second leg leads to the southern tip of the continent, to Cape Tripiti on the small Greek island of Gavdos. The third stage then goes along the Adriatic Sea, over the Alps back home.A great tour that takes the author as a solo traveller over 13,000 kilometres and through 23 countries in Europe. He reports about countless encounters, experiences and valuable lessons learned in this exciting motorbike travelogue: from the idea to the planning to the implementation - in the midst of the worldwide pandemic.
A New Statesman Book of the Year, 2021 ';Follow Iain Sinclair into the cloud jungles of Peru and emerge questioning all that seemed so solid and immutable.' Barry Miles ';The Gold Machine is a trip, a psychoactive expedition in compelling company.' TLS From the award-winning author of The Last London and Lights Out for the Territory, a journey in the footsteps of our ancestors. In The Gold Machine, Iain Sinclair and his daughter travel through Peru, guided by and in reaction to an ill-fated colonial expedition led by his great-grandfather, Arthur Sinclair. The incursions of Catholic bounty hunters and Adventist missionaries are contrasted with today's ecotourists and short-cut vision seekers. The family history of a displaced Scottish highlander fades into the brutal reality of a major land grab. The historic thirst for gold and the establishment of sprawling coffee plantations leave terrible wounds on virgin territory. What might once have been portrayed as an intrepid adventure is transformed into a shocking tale of the violated rights of indigenous people, secret dealings between London finance and Peruvian government, and the collusion of the church in colonial expansion. In Sinclair's haunting prose, no place escapes its past, and nor can we.
Die Goldene Stadt. Stadt der hundert Türme. Für eine der schönsten Städte Europas gibt es viele Namen und Umschreibungen. Warum Prag so wundervoll und mitreißend ist, lässt sich aber nicht anhand flüchtiger Beschreibungen und Lobeshymnen erklären. Man muss dort gewesen und selbst durch die mit Kopfstein gepflasterten Gassen der Altstadt geschlendert sein. Erst dann kann man verstehen, wieso der Zauber der Stadt so viele in den Bann zieht. Prag verstehen, entdecken und genießen können. Nach diesem Prinzip ist der Reiseführer aufgebaut. Prag verstehen - ein Blick hinter die Fassaden und warum diese noch stehen. Dieses Kapitel soll Ihnen dabei helfen, die Stadt besser zu verstehen. Dazu gehört ein Überblick zur Geschichte der Stadt und ein paar allgemeine Informationen. Im Kapitel Prag entdecken nehmen wir Sie mit auf eine Reise zu den bekannten und nicht so bekannten Orten in Prag. Zu guter Letzt bekommen Sie im Kapitel Prag genießen noch einige wertvolle Tipps für Ihre Reise mit auf den Weg. Damit Sie Ihren Besuch auch bestmöglich genießen können.
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