Flightless: Incredible Journeys Without Leaving the Ground

Flightless: Incredible Journeys Without Leaving the Ground

By
Tony Wheeler
Tony Wheeler,
Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet
2008 • 216 pages

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24 books

Oman

Daren
Daren
The Last of the Bedu: In Search of the Myth
Sailing with Mohammed
Across the Empty Quarter
Arabia Felix: The Danish Expedition of 1761-1767
My Life and Travels
The Customs of the Kingdoms of India
The Sindbad Voyage

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66 books

Iraq

Daren
Daren
The Real "Bravo Two Zero"
Soldier Five: The Real Truth about the Bravo Two Zero Mission
Travels in American Iraq
The Marsh Arabs
Bagpipes in Babylon: A Lifetime in the Arab World and Beyond
Husky Be My Guide
First Overland

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27 books

Laos

Daren
Daren
One Foot in Laos
A View of the World: Selected Journalism
The Deprat Affair: Ambition, Revenge and Deceit in French Indo-China
Tiger for Breakfast
The Lands of Charm and Cruelty: Travels in Southeast Asia
Tiger Balm: Travels in Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia
Tales from the Torrid Zone : Travels in the Deep Tropics

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49 books

Israel

Daren
Daren
Revolt in the Desert
The Splendour of Israel
Middle East Journey
Round the World in Seventy Days
In Xanadu: A Quest
The Phoenix in the Desert
Rivers of time

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124 books

Russia

Daren
Daren
Russia: A Journey to the Heart of a Land and its People
All the Right Places
The Incredible Mile: Siberia - Mongolia - Uzbekistan
Siberian Dream
Off The Rails
Holy Russia: An Historical Companion to European Russia
Corner Seat

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38 books

Switzerland

Daren
Daren
Husky Be My Guide
The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia
North Wall
The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories
Our Kind of Traitor
Dear Abroad
The Letters of Gertrude Bell: Volumes 1 and 2

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35 books

Jordan

Daren
Daren
Bagpipes in Babylon: A Lifetime in the Arab World and Beyond
Wanderings in Arabia
Revolt in the Desert
The Last of the Bedu: In Search of the Myth
The Road to Mecca
Round the World in Seventy Days
Rivers of time

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768 books

4 Star

Daren
Daren
Sea of Poppies
City of Djinns
The Age of Kali
The Return of the King
Slumdog Millionaire
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
Across the Nightingale Floor

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133 books

Turkey

Daren
Daren
Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers
Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge
Life on the Golden Horn
Journey Round Turkey
Corner Seat
Riding to the Tigris
Husky Be My Guide

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26 books

Serbia

Daren
Daren
Through the Embers of Chaos : Balkan Journeys
Who Wanders Alone
Husky Be My Guide
First Overland
Pictures from the Balkans
The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia
The 8:55 to Baghdad

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70 books

Syria

Daren
Daren
Wanderings in Arabia
Revolt in the Desert
The Last of the Bedu: In Search of the Myth
Middle East Journey
Husky Be My Guide
First Overland
Dust in the Lion's Paw

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16 books

Mauritania

Daren
Daren
Beyond the Last Oasis: A Solo Walk in the Western Sahara
The quest for Timbuctoo
Two Against the Sahara: On Camelback from Nouakchott to the Nile
The Great Sahara
Landfalls: On the Edge of Islam from Zanzibar to Alhambra
Desert Drive: A zine about crossing the Sahara
The Fearful Void

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114 books

Italy

Daren
Daren
Who Wanders Alone
Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge
Amber, Furs and Cockleshells: Bike Rides with Pilgrims and Merchants
A View of the World: Selected Journalism
Better Than Fiction: True Travel Tales from Great Fiction Writers
Islands Ahead
Ghosts of the Rialto

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204 books

New Zealand

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My Life
Travels With My Family
Edmund Hillary: the Life of a Legend
Jeff Wilson: Seasons of Gold
Anton Oliver Inside
There and Back
Hang On A Minute Mate

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45 books

Colombia

Daren
Daren
To Infinity and Beyond: What Che Guevara Started, Someone Had to Finish
Jungle Capitalists: A Story of Globalisation, Greed and Revolution: United Fruit and the Invention of Twentieth-century Greed
Out of Captivity: Surviving 1,967 Days in the Colombian Jungle
The Cocaine Eaters
Killing Pablo
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Ride the Volcano

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56 books

Canada

Daren
Daren
Forest of Memories
The Five Pound Look
Where the Wild Things Were: Travels of a Conservationist
Blue Sky Kingdom: An Epic Family Journey to the Heart of the Himalaya
Due North
The Brendan Voyage
The Curve of the Earth's Shoulder

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111 books

Pakistan

Daren
Daren
Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers
Broken Bangles
The Age of Kali
Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge
Quest for Kim: In Search of Kipling's Great Game
Return Ticket
First Overland

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85 books

Indonesia

Daren
Daren
My Life with the Headhunters
Piracy, Turtles and Flying Foxes
The Surgeon's Log
We Ended in Bali
The Dugum Dani: A Papuan Culture in the Highlands of West New Guinea
The Five Pound Look
Better Than Fiction: True Travel Tales from Great Fiction Writers

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103 books

Iran

Daren
Daren
Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers
Guests of Ayatollah : The First Battle in the West's War on Militant Islam
Lifting the Veil: Life in Revolutionary Iran
Unveiled: Love and Death among the Ayatollahs
The Shah's Last Ride
Two Wings of a Nightingale: Persian Soul, Islamic Heart
Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge

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12 books

Kyrgyzstan

Daren
Daren
Imperium
Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
Shadow of the Silk Road
The Golden Horde
Eastern Approaches
Silk Road: Monks, Warriors & Merchants

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23 books

Croatia

Daren
Daren
Through the Embers of Chaos : Balkan Journeys
Who Wanders Alone
Husky Be My Guide
First Overland
Lilli and the Hippopotamus
Tito's Yugoslavia
New Europe

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8 books

Estonia

Daren
Daren
Russia: A 1000 Year Chronicle of the Wild East
Riders to the Midnight Sun
New Europe
Journey Into Russia
The Catkin and the Icicle
Flightless: Incredible Journeys Without Leaving the Ground
River Kings: A New History of Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads

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8 books

Latvia

Daren
Daren
Andris, Where are You? From Latvia to New Zealand: The Family Story of Andris Apse
Russia: A 1000 Year Chronicle of the Wild East
Riders to the Midnight Sun
New Europe
Journey Into Russia
The Catkin and the Icicle
Flightless: Incredible Journeys Without Leaving the Ground

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13 books

Lithuania

Daren
Daren
The Rise and Fall of Prussia
Andris, Where are You? From Latvia to New Zealand: The Family Story of Andris Apse
Russia: A 1000 Year Chronicle of the Wild East
The Bronski House
Riders to the Midnight Sun
Vanished Kingdoms
New Europe

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58 books

Thailand

Daren
Daren
With My Back to the East
Siam: Land of Temples
Return Ticket
First Overland
Thailand Journey
The Tender Traveller
Round the World in Seventy Days