I was recently watching a show on the travel channel about this just-married couple that decided they wanted to travel the world. They chose to do this following the book by Patricia Schultz, 1000 Places to See Before You Die. Well, I can't say I've read the book, but my dad bought it a while ago and he read bits of it. During this episode of the show (titled the same as the book), the couple was headed towards Hawaii. I had never really been interested in Hawaii, I hadn't even thought it would be a good place to visit. It never crossed my mind that such a faraway archipelago would amuse me in any way... How wrong I was! Once the show was over I was glad it had taught me something: never underestimate any destination. If you are a teenager, like me, don't ever doubt your parents' decision for a vacation. It may sound lame or uncool at first, but once you're already there it WILL be worth it and you will learn something while you experience a different environment, culture and routine. We are very fortunate to have a world this big so that we don't run out of places.
This book gives you 1000 different locations over the globe that are worth going to. Doing everything in this book is definitely part of my to-do list before I die. The title is very appropriate for the book's content. Given that I like to read but I lack enough time to do so, I also have some books on my to-read list related to travel that I'll be sure to include on a post soon. I enjoy traveling and living the experience and I think that books like these encourage you and make you fonder of your world. So, I haven't read the book, nor have I been to as many places, yet I saw that episode of the show. There's not much I can tell you other what I already have, but I do recommend you take a look at the book and give it your own judgment. I personally think it is a fun guide-book or at least it gives you ideas. I hope I can give you a more accurate review soon on it, in the meantime, if you have a chance, stop by a book shop and look at it!
To be honest, the real reason to why I'm actually giving it a space on this blog is because I think it is one of most creative guidebooks ever written. Actually, more than a guidebook, its like an idea book. If you know what I mean, yes, like a little kid's craft book. Just like that. Anyways, it gives you many options to chose from. Maybe even one of them is a couple of hours away from you. Well, this ended up being a book review on something I haven't even read which is quite sad. So yes, as I said before, I'll read it!
Oh, and by the way, there are new releases that are part of the same book collection. Now there's many byproducts relating to this book. For more information on those, take a look at the link below.
http://www.1000beforeyoudie.com/
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