John Hoskin Livres

The handy pocket-size guide is packed with useful information, tips and recommendations, accompanied by colour photographs, charts and maps for the first-time traveller who wants to experience the major highlights that Thailand has to offer. This travel book surpasses other guides in that it incorporates essential information in an easy-to-carry and easy-to-read format that is attractive and useful at the same time. It provides a visitor with an invaluable introduction to Thailand by concisely highlighting the country’s ‘must see’ areas in a practical and user-friendly format, thus encouraging the tourist to make the most of his/her available time. All the essential information you need to get around an unfamiliar country is compacted into useful and practical ‘At-a-Glance’ sections at the end of each chapter. The fold-out map of Thailand is ideal for tourists and visitors. In addition to the main map of Thailand, it features 4 detailed area maps and 9 town plans.

John Hoskin's engaging text, accompanied by Mark Standen's unique photographs, offers a comprehensive introduction to the Kingdom, covering geography, history, people, religion, art, culture, and cuisine.

Angkor literally means "city" and here, close to the shores of Cambodia's Great Lake, the ancient Khmer kings built their successive capitals and ruled over the greatest empire Southeast Asia has ever seen. Against all odds, the temples and palaces survive many intact, some reclaimed by Nature. To see them is to be transported; to be left spellbound. They remain a spectacular testament not only to the achievements of those who built them, but to all mankind.

____Thailand and Thai culture are exotic. In spite of the effects of mass tourism and globalization, Thailand is unusual in that it preserves much of its unique traditional culture very largely intact. This compelling collection of articles aims to highlight facets of Thai life, aspects that in most cases are readily seen and yet are defining in their own way of the 'Thainess' that indelibly stamps the culture of a country and a people so fascinating and, ultimately, so endearing. The articles are grouped by themes covering The Buddhist World; The Supernatural World; The Ceremonial World; The Festive World; The Natural World; The Art World; The Sporting World and The Changing World. They reflect the author's long fascination with the country - he has lived there since 1979 - for him it is the unexpected that underscores precisely what the city and Thai culture as a whole is all about - the ability to constantly surprise, to offer fresh encounters - as this fascinating book gradually reveals.

Průvodce Thajsko prakticky, poutavě a stručně informuje o nejvýznamnějších turisticky přitažlivých místech a hlavních atrakcích spolu s tipy na cestování, ubytování, stravování a odpočinek. Barevné mapy, fotografie a přehledy podnebí. Překlad anglického turistického průvodce, charakterizujícího zajímavá místa nejnavštěvovanější země jihovýchodní Asie.... celý text